Geoff Healy rises above traditional views on the use of anaesthesia, highlighting the unique challenges and key role it plays in the pre-hospital environment.

1. Mile High Anaesthesia
Geoff Healy

2. DISCLAIMER / DISCLOSURE
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Funny pictures/videos of Cats
People taking pictures of their food
Gangnam Style Videos
FOAMeD
Healy, G (unpublished) 2013

4. “Don’t believe
everything you
read on the
internet”
-ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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7. ANAESTHESIA
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8. “Gentleman,
this is no
humbug”
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- Dr John Collins Warren
(October 17, 1846)

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12. RSI
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13. ANAESTHESIA
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21. You gotta listen to
your
gut feeling

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29. Delays getting the patient to
hospital care
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30. Delays getting the patient to
hospital care
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31. Airway audits
• KPI is 15mins
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40. Safety of Prehospital RSI
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43. PTSD
• Anaesthetic
awareness vs
major trauma
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Rehab
begins
at the
roadside

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Thank you
@drgeoffhealy

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Thank you
@drgeoffhealy

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