CoROM cast. Wilderness, Austere, Remote and Resource-limited Medicine.
College of Remote and Offshore Medicine
Hosted by Aebhric O'Kelly, a critical care paramedic and former Green Beret, CoROM Cast explores wilderness medicine, austere healthcare, tropical diseases, emergency medicine, and remote medical practice. Weekly discussions feature global experts on Prolonged Field Care, Austere Critical Care, disaster medicine, humanitarian response, military pre-hospital care, tropical medicine, expedition healthcare, medical innovation, and practical solutions for healthcare in resource-limited environments.
Published by CoROM Press
www.corom.edu.mt
Published by CoROM Press
www.corom.edu.mt
Episodes
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Dec 23, 2022 • 45min
18-Austere management of severe burns with Dr Winston de Mello
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 care aspects of burns.
Dec 16, 2022 • 50min
17-Tim talks with Polish SOF medic Sylwester Winiarski
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 others providing counselling services for PTSD.
Dec 10, 2022 • 25min
16-Aebhric talks with Phil Keating about his experiences in austere medicine.
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.
Dec 2, 2022 • 21min
15-Pulmonary Embolism with Dr Edit Gara
Dr Gara talks about pulmonary embolism. She is a cardiologist based in Budapest and leads CoROM's postgraduate faculty department.
Nov 25, 2022 • 37min
14-Aebhric talks with Martyna about her work with CoROM.
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.
Nov 25, 2022 • 43min
12-Four CoROM faculty discuss their military service.
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.
Nov 18, 2022 • 42min
13-Being Prepared - a story from the battlefield with Tim Cranton
Tim Cranton talks about the need for preparation whilst discussing some tidbits from his own history of being a deployed medic.
Nov 4, 2022 • 22min
11-Haemodynamic Monitoring and Treatment with Dr Edit Gara
Dr Edit Gara MD PhD discusses haemodynamic monitoring and the drugs available for treatment.
Oct 28, 2022 • 18min
10-TXA discussion with Dr Winston de Mello
Dr de Mello discusses the history of TXA and how it can be beneficial for the Remote Medic.
Oct 21, 2022 • 48min
9-Tim Cranton talks about his experiences being a medic on the North Sea oil rigs.
Tim Cranton is one of the faculty members of the College. He has been working on North Sea oil rigs for over a decade. He talks about what it takes to become an offshore medic. He gives some advice for anyone looking to work on oil rigs. And he talks about some of his most challenging medical cases.
