I’ve long held the option that the experts in prehospital care are the clinicians who are trained for it – whether volunteer ambulance officers, career paramedics or specialist retrieval services. Doctors don’t always have the capability to ‘value add’ on scene, unless they’ve undergone additional training in prehospital care. Skills from the well-equipped and staffed …
Category: Rural Doctors
All Hail the 3D Vortex Model
Many of you involved in airway management will be familiar with the ‘Vortex Approach‘, the brainchild of anaesthetist Nicholas Chrimes and emergency physician Peter Fritz in Melbourne, Australia Designed as a simple tool to open up communication in emergency airway management, the Vortex has been refined over the past few years and there is a …
Making our communities HeartSafe
So the past two years have seen a huge effort here on Kangaroo Island – with the amazing support of community members and groups (listed below). we’ve been able to establish a network of Public Access Defibrillators across Kangaroo Island. More than that, we’ve also trained over 10% of the Islanders in CPR ands of …
Govt Announces “Opt Out” MyFinancialRecord
Kudos to fellow #justaGP Bernard Shiu for the latest information on ‘MyFinancialRecord’. I am not sure it is actually a ‘thing’, but it certainly gives pause for thought re the ‘MyHealthRecord’ roll out…. NOW READ ON Today, the department of treasury announced a MyFinancialRecord will be recreated for everyone – unless you tell them you …
Why I am opting out of MyHealthRecord – for now
The issue of the MyHealthRecord been troubling me. I lack the eloquence to express my concerns sometimes, so please bear with me. I’ve also thought long and hard about this issue and been in active discussion with may leading doctors in Australia on this via backchannels. It is an important topic and one that impacts …