These events also result in the use of critical care transport/retrieval services to assist, as we noticed over the last year. Facilities subject to attack lose the ability to care for the sickest patients.
- It’s not the citrate -
Hypocalcaemia Upon Arrival to ED in Major Trauma Patients varies little between those who do and don’t get prehospital blood
Challenging Dogma
Honoured to work with my mate Dr Tim Rushton + @HawkmoonHEMS & David Tian on this
https://t.co/a0OOoiIlSn
Hypocalcaemia in trauma is bad, but so is hypercalcaemia on arrival to ED.
Early empiric calcium replacement may not be appropriate for all patients.
Article free to read at https://t.co/gcNEKgTXoX
@JacobMillerACNP@bostonmedflight@AAMS Congratulations Michael! An honor and privilege to have worked together for the past few years. Very truly deserved!
Many thanks to @MansfieldFireMA for their help training new Boston MedFlight crew members on efficient and safe practices on scene responses. Working together to make the difference. #CriticalCareTransport#BMF
When it comes to strokes, minutes count. Thanks to the great work of the @HansonMAPolice and @HansonFire we were recently able to provide direct access to advanced stroke intervention, available at Comprehensive Stroke Centers. #FirstResponders#EMS
The virus contributed to 2021 being the busiest year ever, but “it’s not the whole story,” said Boston MedFlight CEO Maura Hughes. https://t.co/1NmFi5RFhv
Congratulations to Bill Rypka, Boston MedFlight pilot for reaching the 10,000 flight hours mark in a transport this week. Bill is celebrating 40 years of flying and 19 years with Boston MedFlight this year. #BMF#pilot
TOP 10 CARDIAC ARREST TRIALS OF 2021 🫀⚡️
I selected and summarized in this infographic some of the landmark trials of 2021 in the fields of Cardiac Arrest, CPR and Resuscitation Science.
🔗 https://t.co/CsVdcZHmGh
🧵 read the thread👇
#FOAMcc#FOAMres#ResusTwitter
Boston MedFlight’s clinical orientation program runs for 16 weeks and includes nine days of high-fidelity simulation - practicing scene trauma care from walking into the ambulance, through a helicopter transport. #worldclasstraining#BostonMedFlight
Our two longest servicing crewmembers were on shift out of our Bedford HQ yesterday. Andy Farkas and Christine Muszalski have a combined 48 years of caring for patients at Boston MedFlight, saving thousands of lives. #thankyou#bostonmedflight
it’s unbearable to watch someone die slowly from a vaccine-preventable illness. the next COVID wave may lead to unprecedented burnout & exodous among critical care staff.