The out of hours road version of London’s HEMS Air Ambulance. Taken from BBC Three’s series “Trauma”.
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The out of hours road version of London’s HEMS Air Ambulance. Taken from BBC Three’s series “Trauma”.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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Very few BASICS DRs can RSI actually. They will be the 1st to agree that to remain competent in such a skill needs plenty of exposure. Most BASICS are from a GP background so are unable to maintain RSI skills.
Just watched the video again and at 2.29, if you look at his collar hes only a EMT. Basics doctors can also do RSI’s
@drewemt Uk paramedics can intubate and canulate. Technicans cant. RSI is a critical care paramedic procedure or HEMS only.
Do paramedics in the UK not Intubate or RSI patients?…it looked like the doctor had to do it?
@FJones9508 Part 2: Paramedics would have attend aswell but if they need help then the only people higher than them is a doctor
@FJones9508 There’s no helicopter cover at night because the pad on the roof of the Royal London is not cleared for night landings.
The HEMS doctors are trained to a far more advanced extent than paramedics (they’re A+E registrars at the very least most are senior doctors) and can carry out invasive surgical proceedures at the roadside (if needed ) in the very most serious cases such as open chest su. In many of the cases that HEMS attend, the patient would die without surgical intervention.
@FJones9508 : No, there’s no helicopter cover at night because the pad on the roof of the Royal London is not cleared for night landings.
The HEMS doctors are trained to a far more advanced extent than paramedics (they’re A+E registrars at the very least) and can carry out invasive surgical proceedures at the roadside (if needed) in the very most serious cases. In many of the cases that HEMS attend, the patient would die without surgical intervention.
The out of hours version of the Air Ambulance? Why not just send an ambulance with qualified paramedics if your not going to send an actual helicopter? I don’t understand someone please fill me in. This seems like a waste of critical time unless they get there before the ambulance every time. Does London not fly HEMS at night?
HOW COMES HE WASN’T TUBED WHILE HE HAD A GCS OF 3 ALL THE TIME B4 THEY GOT THERE :@
@matthewdawson14 Yes mate
Ah, I think someone with a GCS of 3 needs to be tubed!!
Ah, I think you’ll find someone with GCS needs to be tubed!!
Hi,please upload more clips!Or whole episodes in parts if possible! I would love to watch Trauma,but I live in Hungary and I don’t have BBC3 only CNN:(
Thanks
@Matthew: As far as I understand, HEMS docs are trained to drive the vehicles, but generally the paramedics do?
do doctors drive the cars aswell
they wouldn’t hyperventilate mate. just getting his ETCo2 down to 4-4.5 kpa.
Once it’s at an ok level ventilate to keep it there.
Do they have the whole Trauma series on DVD?
i know that they has LAS doctors on stanby for serrious calls like this aswell does anyone know how many they have?
It’s from 2005/2006. Hope that helps. x
We don’t hyperventilate patients with head injuries anymore. This must be really old I hope.
Please can you upload some more trauma clips. <3 thank you
get more vid uploaded. i love trauma
Have you got any BBC Trauma videos that you can upload from series one or two, Nick? Cheers.
Do you have the whole episode? Thank you for uploading
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