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On the challenges of noise
Noise is an important consideration in aeromedical safety. It is the second most important sense to pilots (after vision) and is the most valuable form of communication between flight crew and outside services. Here we acknowledge how noise adds another level of complexity to aeromedical transport.
Recently our service has
First workbook release - Environmental Medicine!!!
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Welcome to everybody who has subscribed to the website, it's great to have you
here and also to stop keeping you waiting with our first workbook launch. If you
enjoy the workbook please promote it to your colleagues and let us know your
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On fear of flying
So, how ridiculous it may seem for me to be writing a blog post on this topic.
Surely as someone who chose to work in aeromedicine, a pre-requisite must be
nerves of steel in the air?
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Well, actually no.
We gain comfort with experiences we do regularly. Our fears
Journey to here
On my 'accidentally-on-purpose' journey to prehospital/retrieval medicine and
all the clues along the way
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Growing up I only had one career in mind, being a firefighter. I loved the idea
of being in a close knit team, responding at any moment to rush to places of
HEAT
On clumsiness
On the self deprecation and rumination of being clumsy due to lack of experience
in new (prehospital) environment.
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These things all happened to me in one day at work:.
1. Tangled myself up in my safety harness
2. Cut myself on a vial of atropine
3. Squished two whole
Origins
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This website is dedicated to two purposes:
1. To provide tools for testing yourself on topics included in the ACEM
Fellowship exam, with a growing library of questions and ideas for learning
Chapters on each domain of medical expertise (in production) - laid out in
question format and designed