Month: May 2019

Mr Mark Delany1 1Toll, Bankstown, Australia Abstract: Toll Helicopters is the largest operator of AW139 Aeromedical Services in Australia.  The NSW Ambulance and Toll Rescue Helicopter Service operates across the Southern Zone of NSW and the ACT and assists helicopter...
  • May 21, 2019
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Dr Genevieve Brideson1, Associate Professor Lydia  Mayner1, Emeritus Professor Eileen Willis1  1Flinders University, Flagstaff Hill, Australia Abstract: Everyone recognises the iconic Australian organisation, the Royal Flying Doctor Service. However, the general public and most healthcare providers are completely unaware that...
  • May 21, 2019
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Dr Andrew Hooper1  1RFDS Western Operations, Jandakot, Australia Abstract: Emergency clot retrieval (ECR) is a developing interventional therapy for patients suffering from acute stroke with large vessel occlusion (LVO).  Recent trials (DAWN, DEFUSE-3) indicate better functional neurological outcomes for patients...
  • May 21, 2019
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Mr Ben Meadley1,2, Dr Kelly-Ann Bowles1, Dr Joanne Caldwell-Odgers 1Monash University, Clayton, Australia, 2Ambulance Victoria, Doncaster, Australia Abstract: Physical employment standards are devised to ensure that an employee’s physiological capacities correspond with the specific tasks of the role. The design...
  • May 21, 2019
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Miss Jenna McGeever1, Ms Wendy Bladwell, Mr Killian O’Shaughnessy, Dr Puneet Singh 1Nets Nsw , Kensington , Australia Abstract: Over the last 40 years the Newborn and paediatric Emergency Transport Service (NETS) in NSW has developed a retreival service that...
  • May 21, 2019
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Mr Matthew Okeeffe1  1Australian Federation Of Airline Pilots , Melbourne, Australia, Abstract: Peer Monitoring in Australia – helping front line workers back to health and flying When aeromedical front line staff suffer most enduring types of illness they become temporarily...
  • May 21, 2019
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Mr Robert Jenkins1, Mr Michael de Winton1  1Northern NSW Helicopter Rescue Service, New Lambton, Australia Abstract: The purpose of Mike’s presentation is to identify the critical issues encountered by his Service as it continued to operate an existing service, whilst...
  • May 21, 2019
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Mr. Johnny E. Delgado Abstract: Geographically remote areas often depend upon assistance from “mainland” providers and agencies. The Caribbean hurricanes of 2017 highlighted the challenges and weaknesses of responses to these areas and the lessons learned. Concepts discussed will assist...
  • May 21, 2019
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Jo Scott Abstract: Nursing has evolved since the 19th century, when Florence Nightingale shocked her affluent parents by embarking on a nursing career, and subsequently changing the landscape of healthcare with her forward-thinking approach to the impact of the environment...
  • May 21, 2019
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Mr David Carpenter1  1Royal Flying Doctor Service Central Operations, Alice Springs, Australia Abstract: In late 2017 there were 34 confirmed presentations of invasive serogroup W Meningococcal (MenW) infection in remote Central Australia, from a virtual zero baseline.  Many of the...
  • May 21, 2019
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