Episodes
This week, Aebhric talks with Simon Puparelia, a 3rd year BSc Remote Paramedic student. They discussed his experience at the Kibosho District Hospital, which is 14km up Mount Kilimanjaro. Aebhric set this placement up specifically for SOF medics but found it a perfect place for the advanced paramedic practice.
Published 12/15/23
This week, Aebhric talks with Dr Tom Mallinson about their published article focusing on prolonged field care for EMS. In the UK, it is common for ambulances to sit in the car park of the hospital for six hours waiting to hand over their patient to the A&E department. Their research shows that the PFC protocols would be beneficial for paramedics.
Published 12/08/23
This week, Aebhric talks with Dr Theo Aslanidis who runs the PhD programme for the College. They discuss research for paramedics and healthcare providers working in remote and austere environments.
Published 12/01/23
This week, Aebhric talks with Tim Cranton, who has worked as an offshore medic for 25 years. They discuss his daily routines and what medical emergencies he can expect. Tim talks about what courses and training are required to get a job as an Offshore Medic.
Published 11/24/23
Aebhric talks with Dr John Quinn, who has been going to Ukraine since 2001. He has worked in Eastern Ukraine since the war started in 2014. John was instrumental in getting blood approved by non-doctors in Ukraine for prehospital use.
Published 11/17/23
This week, Aebhric O'Kelly and Jason Jarvis discuss current tropical disease outbreaks in the US and Europe. The discussion went over time, so we broke the talk into two parts. Part 1: Malaria and Dengue (dropped last week) Part 2: Leishmaniasis and Schistosomiasis
Published 11/10/23
This week, Aebhric O'Kelly and Jason Jarvis discuss current tropical disease outbreaks in the US and Europe. The discussion went over time, so we broke the talk into two parts. Part 1: Malaria and Dengue Part 2: Leishmaniasis and Schistosomiasis will be dropped next Friday
Published 11/03/23
This week, Aebhric talks with Dr Winston de Mello about pain.
Published 10/27/23
This week, Aebhric talks with Vlad Chumachenko, who came for our Austere Emergency Care course in Pretty Bay, Malta. They discuss the training that Ukraine medics receive before heading to the front. There is a need for prolonged field care training at all medical levels.
Published 10/20/23
This week, Aebhric talks with Price Parker, 18D and Eirik Holmstrom about their experiences in Malta whilst teaching at the College. They talk about the Intensive Care for Austere and Remote Environments (ICARE) course that ran this week. They also talk about the history of the Knights of St. John and how that lineage can be found in Special Forces Medicine.
Published 10/13/23
This week, Aebhric talks with Dr Edit Gara, MD PhD about how to assess and manage the paediatric patient who is dehydrated.
Published 10/06/23
This week, Aebhric talks with Zack Andrews, who works in the Human Remains Retrieval team based in Hawaii. He is an active-duty SOF medic and is currently going through the MSc Austere Critical Care programme.
Published 09/29/23
Aebhric talks with Professor David Fifer, who is campaigning for a master's level paramedic role similar to the PA and NP role but solely prehospital.
Published 09/22/23
This week, Aebhric talks with Patrick Wenger about his experience working for Air Zermatt. They discuss The Big Sick conference held in Zermatt each February. They talk about Patrick's experience working offshore on a boat.
Published 09/15/23
This week, Aebhric talks with Dr Slaven Bajic, who teaches our Austere and Prehospital Ultrasound course. He is from Slovenia, where he runs the A&E department at his local hospital.
Published 09/08/23
The College runs Prolonged Field Care courses in many countries. This week, Aebhric OKelly chats with Dr Tom Mallinson and Eirik Holmstrom on the challenges of running the AEC course in Europe.
Published 09/01/23
Aebhric gives a review from season one with listener analytics and gives an overview of what is coming in season two, which drops next Friday.
Published 08/25/23
Tim Cranton chats about the benefits of lifelong learning, keeping a CPD portfolio and having a reflective practice.
Published 08/18/23
This week, Aebhric talks with Michael Klopper, who is on the faculty of CoROM. Michael is pursuing his doctorate in healthcare, focusing on artificial intelligence. Michael has also been instrumental in pushing austere medicine forward in Africa. He is one of the first FAWM graduates in South Africa. He is the first to earn the new WP-C board certification in Africa, and he has designed the AHEMS module of the new Africa Diploma of Mountain Medicine being designed by CoROM.
Published 08/11/23
Aebhric talks with Dr Gara about the burned paediatric patient and how to assess and manage this whilst working in remote, austere and resource-limited environments.
Published 08/04/23
Aebhric OKelly talks with Dr Tom Mallinson about his experiences working as a BASICs doctor and a GP in rural Scotland. They discuss how they met over ten years ago. Tom is on the CoROM faculty and runs the Year Two cohort for the BSc Remote Paramedic Practice programme. Tom recently published a chapter in the new Primary Care for Paramedics...
Published 07/28/23
Aebhric chats with Jason about his path from 18D to becoming a tropical medicine specialist. They chat about the aetiology of the CoROM Field Guide and his experience living in Malta for a year whilst teaching for the Remote Paramedic programme.
Published 07/21/23
Aebhric and Csaba talk about critical care teaching for resource-limited environments. They discuss the original concepts of the critical care programmes the College offers. They discuss how the MSc Austere Critical Care programme began. Dr Csaba also discusses research and why paramedics and nurses must be on the cutting edge of enhancing remote medicine.
Published 07/14/23
Aebhric OKelly and Eirik Holmstrom talk about the Combat Medical Care conference this week held in Ulm, Germany. Both faculty gave presentations as well as two workshops. Eirik talked about the Medic Tool documentation system. https://www.p3dmedics.com/. Aebhric talked about tropical medicine and how it affects the operational medic. Additional CoROM faculty were there. Dr Mike Shertz, Dr Winston de Mello and Patrick Wenger attended the conference.
Published 07/07/23
Tim takes a deep dive into the signs and symptoms of rabies and the clinical management in remote and austere environments.
Published 06/30/23