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Diving Emergencies

All diving represents a hazard, as humans we're not designed to live under water. The deeper divers go and the longer they dive for, the greater the potential risks. Although the bends or decompression sickness, arterial gas embolisims and other diving related emergencies arent the most common presentation to emergency care clinicians. We thought it would be good to revise this medical presenation.
In partnership with our colleagues at HM Coastguard we've developed this CPD podcast. We talk to a Deepwater technical dive instructor from purpleturtle diving, and a dive doctor from DDRC healthcare.

With thanks to Toni from www.purpleturtlediving.com/
and Felix from www.ddrc.org/

Breathing, Critical Care, Emergency Care, Exposure, EnvironmentalJoshua BarkerOctober 11, 2023Diving, The Bends, Decompression Sickness, Oxygen, Divers, Water, Drowning, GasComment

Hanging

**This podcast features discussion of suicide and hanging**

Hanging is one of the most common methods of suicide in the western world. Ambualnce crew are likely to come across these cases in the course of their work and so it is important that we understand the pathophysiology and managment of them.

This month we discuss how hanging causes cardiac arrest, clarrify commonly used terms, discuss the managment as well as emotional support for family and staff involved in these cases.
Make sure you debrief the incident, take care of your own emotional and mental health after incidents such as these. The ambulance staff crisis phone line is 0300 373 0898. Look after your health and that of your colleagues.

Emergency Care, Cardiac Arrest, Critical CareJoshua BarkerApril 20, 2023Hanging, Suicide, Strangulation, Hypoxia, Cardiac ArrestComment

Pre-Hospital Emergency Anaesthesia (PHEA)

This month’s episode is very much not a how-to PHEA podcast. This is designed to give a bit of awareness to what’s happening if you’re part of one and how you can support the wider team if you find yourself looking after a patient receiving an anaesthetic.

Critical Care, TraumaJoshua BarkerJune 27, 2022PHEA, Anaesthetic, RSI, Critical Care, Headinjury, Anaesthesia, ParamedicComment

Road Traffic Collision: Injury Experience Pt2

In this episode we discuss to assess the scenes of Road Traffic Collisions, how car safety features work and how thinking about the injury experience during a collision can support our practice and care for injured patients.

Emergency Care, Critical Care, Trauma, RTCJoshua BarkerOctober 21, 2020Comment

Road Traffic Collision: Injury Experience

In this episode we discuss to assess the scenes of Road Traffic Collisions, how car safety features work and how thinking about the injury experience during a collision can support our practice and care for injured patients.

Emergency Care, Critical Care, Trauma, RTCJoshua BarkerOctober 21, 2020 Comments

Transient Loss of Conciousness

In this episode we are going to be covering the assessment of Transient Loss of Conciousness (T-LOC) and discussing some of the differentials that could be responsible, from the easily discharged to the potentially life threatening

Emergency Care, Critical CareJoshua BarkerApril 1, 2020Comment