Synopsis: The technical helicopter rescue of a paediatric patient with severe open head and chest trauma in remote NSW and the subsequent clinical management. The presentation will discuss the challenges and controversies that the team faced.
Biography: Darren Hodge is a paramedic with 32 years’ experience, currently employed as MICA Flight Paramedic with Air Ambulance Victoria. Current senior lecturer with Monash university. The author of, ‘A Life on the Line’, a professional memoir that explores his ambulance career.
Darren Hodge is a paramedic with 32 years’ experience, currently employed as MICA Flight Paramedic with Air Ambulance Victoria. Current senior lecturer with Monash university.
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