CoROM cast. Wilderness, Austere, Remote and Resource-limited Medicine.

Dr Winston de Mello and Aebhric discuss severe TBI and how to deal with this whilst deployed in austere environments.

John Clark has stepped into the leadership role within the College. Aebhric has stepped down into an advisory role. They chat about the long history between them and the collaboration between the IBSC and CoROM. They will have a joint exhibition table during the Special Operations Medical Association conference in May. Why not stop by and say hello and congratulate John on his new position?

Tim Cranton talks with Jennifer White who is the Medical Officer onboard the Picton Castle, a Sail Training Vessel, which is a 3 masted Tall Ship. She is one of our REMT students who has decided to get back to the basics.

Aebhric talks with CoROM faculty who taught the Austere Emergency Care course in Norway in March. Tim Cranton, Patrick Wenger and Dr Tom Mallinson have earned their AEC instructor rating. Eirik Holmstrom earned the Course Coordinator rating. And Aebhric is the first Course Director located in Europe.

Aebhric and Winston discuss current updates about catastrophic bleeding and massive haemorrhage.

Tim chats with Dr Tom Mallinson and Patrick Wenger about their clinical practice and the courage to make the right decisions. Tom works as a BASICs prehospital doctor in rural Scotland. Patrick is a master's level paramedic who works on the Air Zermatt medical team. Both have years of experience to draw from as they discuss some difficult decisions that they have had to make in their clinical prac...

Sam Coffman Bio Sam Coffman (RH[AHG], MSAOM) began his medical education in the military as a U.S. Special Forces Medic (aka Green Beret medic) in 1989. Prior to this six-year duty as a special forces medic he had already become highly interested in herbalism as a method to provide health care in remote regions with limited medical supplies, and he was able to use much of his special forces medic...

Aebhric talks with Dr Edit Gara about croup and asthma which are exacerbated during the winter months. 

Dr Winston de Mello does a deep dive into hyperoxia. 

LTC Corrie is a veterinarian with the US Army stationed in Germany. 

Aebhric talks with Fredrik about ultrasound for remote, austere and resource-limited environments. Dr Granholm wrote the textbook called Austere and Prehospital Ultrasound.

Dr Gara talks about how a young, athletic footballer can collapse in cardiac arrest after being tackled. 

Aebhric and Winston discuss why lactate is important for the Remote Medic.

Tim Cranton talks with Lazlo Hegedus who is a PSD medic about his experiences working in austere environments

 Dame Claire Bertschinger runs the Diploma of Tropical Nursing from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Before joining the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Claire worked as a training officer in the Health Division of ICRC Geneva . She has worked in more war zones than most special forces medics. She has a tremendous amount of knowledge that will be valuable for...

Dr Gara is a cardiologist who has worked on ambulances and is head of our postgraduate programmes at the College. 

0000 head burns discussion 0230 AKI secondary from head burn 0500 alternative pain management options 0840 Wound Cleaning 1100 burn dressings 1900 Role of topiceuticals 2200 Feeding 2800 Palliation and range of motion 3030 Escharotomy/Fasciotomy 3300 Wound vacuum 3700 Final thoughts

Aebhric and Dr Winston de Mello discuss the assessment and management of the burned casualty in remote, austere and resource-limited environments. Using the CABC patient assessment algorithm, they discussed what the first responder could do for the casualty at each point in the assessment system.  This is part one of a two-part burns episode. Next week, we will discuss the prolonged field car...

Sylwester Winiarski was a member of the Polish Airborne and Air Assault forces and a member of their emergency rescue team and recce platoon. He has worked as a civilian paramedic in Kandahar for the UN and has most recently been involved with training Ukrainians in PFC and Chemical weapons medical procedures. He is an author and advocate of promoting mental health awareness, where he works with o...

Phil Keating is an offshore wind farm medic, former military medic and now our newest faculty member in the College. Aebhric talks with Phil about his experiences in Antarctica, teaching on the ICARE course and other topics in austere medicine. 

Dr Gara talks about pulmonary embolism. She is a cardiologist based in Budapest and leads CoROM's postgraduate faculty department. 

Martyna Abratkiewicz is a degree paramedic from Poland who has lived in Malta for almost ten years. She talks about prehospital healthcare in Malta and Europe. She also discusses her experience on the MSc Austere Critical Care programme that the College runs. 

Aebhric talks to four of his faculty who discuss their military service and how it has changed their lives. They also talk about service as a concept that is not owned by military service but also civilian service to their community. 

Tim Cranton talks about the need for preparation whilst discussing some tidbits from his own history of being a deployed medic.

Dr Edit Gara MD PhD discusses haemodynamic monitoring and the drugs available for treatment.