Prehospital intubation in trauma

This recording is from 2018 or earlier, prior to national registration for paramedics being implemented in Australia and Aotearoa. Please note that while there is some excellent content that pre-dates registration, some may be out of date or no longer relevant to current guidelines and standards.

Prehospital intubation in trauma

About

Presented by Toby Keene

Presentation Synopsis: Trauma patients need a tube. Right? Or do they? Is the ""gold standard"" of airway management really golden or looking a little tarnished?

Bio: Toby Keene commenced his emergency service career as a first aid volunteer in 1997 and joined the ACT Ambulance Service in 2001, qualifying as an Intensive Care Paramedic in 2004. Since then, he has gained experience as a flight paramedic, clinical educator and operations manager. In 2007, he completed a 12-month attachment to the Australian Federal Police as an operations support paramedic. He has deployed on disaster relief operations to Victoria in 2009, Philippines in 2013, and Western Australia in 2015. In 2012, he was appointed to the position of Clinical Quality Assurance Officer in the ACT Ambulance Service where he continues to work on-road as an Intensive Care Paramedic. Toby’s tertiary qualifications include a Graduate Certificate in Aeromedical Retrieval, Master of Public Health, and is a PhD candidate at the Australian National University.


Lessons

Lesson 1: Prehospital intubation in trauma

Lesson 2: Self Reflection

Details

Length

25 minutes

Released

7th Apr 2017

Cost

Member free
Non-member $19

Share this course

Logo

The College is the peak professional body representing and supporting paramedics and student paramedics across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand since 1973.

The College acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the land and sea in which we live and work, we recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and culture and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.

The College acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua and Treaty of Waitangi partners in Aotearoa New Zealand.