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Greater Sydney Area HEMS

Sydney HEMS Team
Cardiac Arrest
Emergency Medicine
Ventilation Strategies
Pre-Hospital Care
Resuscitation Science
ECMO
CPR Techniques
ECPR
Hemodynamics
Maternal Cardiac Arrest
CPR
Resuscitation
Physiological Monitoring
Mechanical CPR Devices
Blood Pressure Monitoring
Pulmonary Embolism
End-Tidal CO2 Monitoring
Thoracic Pump
Oxygenation
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The Pre-Hospital & Retrieval Medicine Team of NSW Ambulance

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G'day, and welcome back.

In today's episode, we are delighted and privileged to be joined by South Australia's Dr Matt Hooper.

The practice of medicine - including pre-hospital medicine - often focuses on life preservation. But, as acute care clini... more

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 an... more

G'day and welcome back to the podcast.

ECMO....in trauma? Today, we are talking about a more general emergency medicine / intensive care medicine topic, that of advanced trauma care. It is fair to raise an eyebrow at 'advanced trauma care' and 'ECMO... more

G'day and welcome back into part two of our conversation with Prof Sheldon Cheskes from Toronto, Canada.

Here we continue our discussion about refractory cardiac dysrhythmias with the Sheldon, the principal investigator of 'The dose VF' study.

In t... more

G'day and welcome back to the HEMS debrief podcast.

We are back with part one of a two part episode with Professor Sheldon Cheskes from Toronto, Canada. Sheldon is a Professor of Emergency Medicine by trade, a clinical scientist and a medical direct... more

G'day and welcome back.

Today, we continue our conversation on pre-hospital thoracotomies.

To do this, we have teamed up with Professor Ewoud Ter Avest, an Emergency Physician with the London HEMS service. Ewoud is an author on the London's recentl... more

G'day, and welcome back.

In this part two of our chat with Prof Laurie Morrison from Toronto, we continue our conversation around the latest ILCOR guidelines. We discuss, amongst other things, strategies to manage recurrent / refractory dysrhythmias... more

G'day, and welcome back to the HEMS debrief - continuing our chats on cardiac arrest.

We are thrilled to be again joined by Prof Laurie Morrison from Toronto, Canada. Laurie is an Emergency Physician and has dedicated her career to the research and ... more

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Recent Guests

Matt Hooper
Pre-hospital physician, MedStar Adelaide Retrieval Service brainchild
Adelaide Retrieval Service / MedStar
Episode: HEMS Debrief - Retrieval and Pre-Hospital Medicine #5. Dr Matt Hooper - Emergency Last Aid
Dan Nevin
Surgeon at the Royal London Hospital and consultant for London's Air Ambulance
Royal London Hospital; London's Air Ambulance
Episode: HEMS Debrief - Retrieval and Pre-Hospital Medicine #4. Damage control resuscitation with London HEMS
Zane Perkins
Surgeon/trauma specialist; consultant for London's Air Ambulance
London's Air Ambulance
Episode: HEMS Debrief - Retrieval and Pre-Hospital Medicine #4. Damage control resuscitation with London HEMS
Chris Bishop
Clinical perfusionist and researchers in VA ECMO for trauma
Royal London / Centre for Trauma Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
Episode: HEMS Debrief - Retrieval and Pre-Hospital Medicine #3. ECMO...in trauma???
Sheldon Cheskes
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Episode: HEMS Debrief - Cardiac Arrest Focus #23, Prof Sheldon Cheskes - Part 2: Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation
Ewoud Ter Avest
Research fellow with London HEMS
London HEMS
Episode: HEMS Debrief - Retrieval and Pre-Hospital Medicine #2. Thoracotomies, Sydney and London in Conversation
Chris Ennis
Paramedic/clinician with NSW Ambulance
NSW Ambulance
Episode: HEMS Debrief - Retrieval and Pre-Hospital Medicine #2. Thoracotomies, Sydney and London in Conversation
Ian Ferguson
Emergency physician and pre-hospital/retrieval specialist
Liverpool Hospital (Sydney)
Episode: HEMS Debrief - Retrieval and Pre-Hospital Medicine #2. Thoracotomies, Sydney and London in Conversation
Laurie Morrison
Professor of Emergency Medicine and researcher focused on pre-hospital cardiac arrest and guideline development
University of Toronto / Ilcor
Episode: HEMS Debrief - Cardiac Arrest Focus #20, Prof Laurie Morrison - 2025 ILCOR guidelines part 1

Hosts

Samuel Balford
Host and co-host focusing on pre-hospital resuscitation, retrieval medicine, and EMS practices in Sydney.
Nat Crouett
Co-host and interviewer with a focus on NSW Ambulance perspectives and data-driven discussion.
Natalie
Host contributing clinical and operational insights from NSW HEMS operations.

Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

HEMS Debrief - Retrieval and Pre-Hospital Medicine #5. Dr Matt Hooper - Emergency Last Aid
Q: Matt, you've had a really interesting career path. Can you tell us a little about that?
Matt describes starting in emergency medicine, training in Australia and the UK, working with London HEMS and pediatric transport, then returning to Australia to develop retrieval services and integrate end-of-life care into pre-hospital practice.
HEMS Debrief - Cardiac Arrest Focus #20, Prof Laurie Morrison - 2025 ILCOR guidelines part 1
Q: What are your thoughts on the role and timing of mechanical CPR devices?
Mechanical CPR should not be used in the first 15 minutes unless the system is extremely challenging for manual CPR; otherwise, well-trained paramedics delivering high-quality manual CPR are preferred, with devices reserved for transport or prolonged resuscitation scenarios.
HEMS Debrief - Cardiac Arrest Focus #20, Prof Laurie Morrison - 2025 ILCOR guidelines part 1
Q: What is the state of evidence informing practice changes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?
The quality of evidence is generally low or very low, making it difficult to give strong recommendations, and we often need to lean on foundational principles and context-specific data rather than universal RCT conclusions.
HEMS Debrief - Cardiac Arrest Focus #20, Prof Laurie Morrison - 2025 ILCOR guidelines part 1
Q: Can you explain just quickly what your role is with Ilcor?
I sit on the Science Advisory Committee and work to ensure that each task force and each systematic review is methodologically sound, so the guidelines writers have high-quality input to rely on.
HEMS Debrief - Cardiac Arrest Focus #21, Prof Laurie Morrison - 2025 ILCOR guidelines part 2
Q: Why is pad placement such a contentious issue, and how should guidelines address it?
The discussion clarifies that there is little to no human evidence supporting a specific axillary pad placement as superior; guideline language should balance scientific evidence with clinical practicality, recognizing that different councils may interpret the same data differently.

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What is Greater Sydney Area HEMS about and what kind of topics does it cover?

This group centers on pre-hospital and retrieval medicine, with in-depth discussions of cardiac arrest management, resuscitation science, and pre-hospital interventions. Episodes frequently feature researchers and seasoned clinicians from EMS systems around Sydney, London, Paris, and North America, exploring topics such as defibrillation strategies, pre-hospital ECMO, thoracotomies, airway optimization, and guideline implications for paramedics and retrieval teams. A notable strength is the data-driven, cross-service dialogue that weighs practical field constraints against evolving evidence, often highlighting real-world protocol development, training needs, and how to implement advanced techniques in diverse geographic settings. Listeners ... more

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8. Ian Ferguson

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