HEMS Debrief - Retrieval and Pre-Hospital Medicine #4. Damage control resuscitation with London HEMS

G'day and welcome back.

Damage control resuscitation - what is it, why should a pre-hospital provider do it, what does it look like in real life, and what are the results. 

These are but some of the questions asked in this episode of Dr Dan Nevin and Mr Zane Perkins, Consultants with London's Air Ambulance. In conversation with Sydney's Dr Ian Ferguson, we explore this approach to the care of the bleeding trauma patient, focusing on the key tenants of this method and some of the mandated actions required when a patient is declared a damage control resuscitation case. 

To be clear - these are patients requiring a modified approach to even a 'code crimson/red' patient - these are the absolute most sick of all pre-hospital bleeding trauma patients. 

Too, as ever we discuss the effect on the wider system of this novel approach as well as the potential associated modifications to conventional trauma care. 

Thanks for listening, chat soon.