2018 Presentations
The following downloads are presentations made at the 2018 ASA+FNA Conference in Hobart.
They are made available with the permission of individual authors. The views and opinions expressed in each presentation may not necessarily reflect those of the Aeromedical Society of Australasia or Flight Nurses Australia.
The Abstracts can be downloaded as pdfs.
Thursday 27th September 2018 Program.
Stephen Hearns
Performance under pressure in aeromedical retrieval
Peter McDonell
Creating One Standard to Reach Beyond
Ben Stanton
“Hang on, there’s ECMO at my ALS!” Pre-hospital ECLS – now and into the future
Kaye Melmeth Oration
Maureen Roberts
37 Years of Experience and Challenges. Where we have been and where we will go?
Andrew Pearce
Do you have an Exit Strategy?
Colin Gunn
Insights from the first 12 months of Australia’s biggest HEMS operation.
Jo Scott
Nurse Practitioners taking the Lead
Andrew Hooper
Around the West in 80 hours
David Carpenter
Anatomy of an epidemic – aeromedical retrieval perspective o the 2017 Meningococcal W outbreak in remote Central Australia
David Szyc & Tom Nicholls
Ventilated Winching: A New Perspective
Tina Kendrick
Going With The Flow – Raediatric Patients Referred to NETS NSW on Humidified High Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy
Stefan Becker
Implementation of the Swiss Low Flight Network (LFN) for Helicopters
Johnny Delgado
International Response Challenges to Disasters – An Island Experience
Todd Mulville
Transformational Change in Aeromedical Services for Northern NSW
Christopher Denny
On Selection
Friday 28th September 2018 Program.
Matthew O’Keefe
Peer support for front line Aeromedical Staff
Jenna McGeever
Interstate paediatric ECMO retrieval
Mick Wilson Oration
Ben Meadley
Developing physicla employment standards in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services – a benchmark for the future
Andrew Hooper
Aeromedical Transfer of Patiendts for Emergency Clot Retrieval – The Western Australian Experience
Tom Judge
Answering Need: “Next Gen” Rural Healthcare in Maine 2020-2030
John Hollott
Ventilation during helicopter stretcher winching of intubated patients
Christopher Marlow
Is this really just another day in the office? Skills Maintenance using High Fidelity Clinical Scenarios in the Helicopter Winch Training Environment
Renee Holleran
Transport Nursing: Where we have been, where we are now and where are we going?
Alan Garner
Experience with the Abdominal Aortic and Junctional Tourniquet in traumatic arrest
Bronwyn Turner
Neonatal Hypothermia During Transport, a MedSTAR Kids Experience
Emmeline Finn
Pregnancy – what does it mean for aeromedical crew?
Phil Hogan
The rise and rise of UAS technology
Cameron Brockel
Royal Australian Air Force mass patient aeromedical evacuation capability
Mark Buick
Is it Approved?
Stefan Mazur
The Power of One