Twenty-four-hour emergency medical service to people spread over an area of 7.69 million square kilometres – that’s a very big waiting room! Keith Morgan reports on the new RFDS training facility in Dubbo.
An Australian icon, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) first flew in 1928. The vision of founder (the Reverend) John Flynn was to create a “mantle of safety” for those in remote areas of outback Australia. Leased from Qantas for two shillings a mile, a de Havilland biplane made 50 flights and treated 225 people in that first year of RFDS operation.
The not-for-profit RFDS today is one of the largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organisations in the world. In the 2018-19 financial year, RFDS assisted 370,706 people through clinics, telehealth, aeromedical and non-emergency road transport. It conducted 21,323 nurses, GP and dental clinics and flew 27,286,414 million kilometres in a fleet of 77 aircraft.
Getinge and the North Denmark Region have signed an agreement on one of the most advanced and largest T-DOC orders in the world. Image courtesy of Getinge Getinge will supply seven hospitals in the North Denmark Region with its solution to support the customer’s reprocessing and intra-hospital workflows. The...
The Center for Consumer Engagement In Health Innovation (the Center) at Community Catalyst released “In Their Words: Consumers’ Vision for a Person-Centered Primary Care System,” at a special event in Washington DC. Based on nine focus groups of low-income consumers with complex health and social needs, the report levels...
The Orsini Way, a communication training company, announced its partnership with Meadows Health, a Georgia-based regional health system. The initial training, taking place December 4 to 6, features the Meadows Regional Medical Center’s emergency department. “Meadows Regional Medical Center truly values its patients and is taking the right steps...
Avkin’s new Avstick design allows realistic IV insertion for over 10,000 insertions with no marks, and allows for vein replacement. Image credit: Avkin The product can be used for classroom demonstrations, simulation in the back of an ambulance, disaster drills, and immersive simulation experiences. Realistic flashback will give students...
Osso VR has been awarded the US Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract. The first phase of the project includes a feasibility study to determine VR surgical training’s benefits and application within the Air Force. The highly competitive SBIR program encourages domestic small businesses to engage in...
Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) has made enhancements to its VA Virtual Medical Center (VMC) developed for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in order to improve the convenience and accessibility of healthcare and medical information to U.S. veterans located anywhere around the world. These new improvements include...
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and CAE Healthcare announced the release of the final two training modules of Anesthesia SimSTAT, their first of its kind virtual simulation program. The new modules, designed for the PACU and labor and delivery unit, are the last in a suite of five...
Written by Judith Riess, MTM editor-in-chief Healthcare is complex and has many silos and many different approaches but the greatest problem is the inability to communicate effectively and efficiently with all members of a healthcare team which is also diverse and siloed. In a recent family experience the lack...
Each quarter, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) hosts a free webinar to address a central patient safety topic. For this final webinar of the 2019-year, the PSMF is offering continuing medical education (CME) and continuing nursing education (CNE) credits, for free!* This virtual workshop session topic is around...