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Hi Gang I could make a close protection PHTLS course if there was interested peeps enough. Need at least 12-16 participants, that are willing to come over to Denmark for the course. The course would be in english, three days. PHTLS all the way, proper certificates and NAEMT registration. Let...

Hear hear You need hands on, hands on, hands on. Yes, I can see 10-12 patients in the Er an hour, but not because of all the courses, but because of the 10.000 patients that I´ve seen before that.

I would recommen choosing your course carefully. There are some diploma mills around, but if you go by those recommended here on the forum you will do well. Choose a training provider, that can assign you clinical attachments. Its s must to be able to implement all that theory in dealing with...

Great opportunity. Clinical experience is the cornerstone upon which all medical training should be based.

Hey Scotsmanwp Its actually coming along just fine. Just some red tape to be figures out in terms of insurance, visa and other boring details. I´m looking into the content of the log book, for lack of better term. What topics should each attachment cover and how to determine whether they are...

Hi everybody We're slowly moving towards sending the first medic on his 4 week rotation. Still some red tape to be worked out, in regards to insurance, visas etc. I will be posting again when the last kinks are out and we can go full ahead. Best regs Mike

Spend it on a good FPOS/FAW course, loads and loads of clinical attachments, maybe 6-12 months and then on towards EMT-B and again loads of clinical. Clinical experience is the key becoming a good med. ANybody can do the courses, but you have to make up your mind, whether you want to be a cowboy...

Hi Dave I suggest reading up on all the threads in here, getting to know the jungle of courses. Have you attended and passed PHTLS, BATLS(BS), which are the internationally recognized courses ? There are tons of remote medic courses out there, and most of them are a lot more remote than...

Pm with a reg email addy, your inbox has a pile up ;-)

hello Everybody I´m working on a budget based on 1 month stays. There are no figures as of yet, but it will be within reason. I want to make this available to a lot of people, providing my little lifting this side of the industry to a better level. The clinical placements are in a european...

I´m sticking my head out a bit here. I´ve learned over the last decade in medicine, that clinical experience is the key to all progress in our abilities to handle medical situations. We can all pass courses, participate in conferences, and debate on forums, but when s... come to shove, its...

I totally agree. One problem is that the PHTLS-courses are so restricted and inaccesible that either some TP cheats, runs the course and hands over a fake certificate, thats fires right back at the poor client three years down the line, when times come for recertification. Or a TP invents...

How do we get the key players to sit down and make that decision ? hmmm....

Thanks Scartissue. It was somewhat what I expected it to be. Some elements would be difficult or costly or both to provide as a "civilian course provider" but I can see the perspective. What I really think would make things change for the better is an joint effort by the SERIOUS course...

Can you tell us civiies about the Black Serpent course ?

Operated You drunk brits!!!! Looool. When working in Greenland, I´ve reset the hip of a puppy in ketamine anaestesia (for the dog). X-rays were a little different, but the end result was fine

IslandGod. I know about PHTLS/ATLS , I´m an instructor and have been for quite a few years. I´ll look up the SF Med Conf. Going to Milan for a trauma/emergency surgery conf, preceded by a three day Mass Cal course. That will be quite interesting. being a doctor in trauma, "medic" doesnt...

I allways carry two golfballs when working outside the hospital. That way i can apply a lot of force to the femoral artery by placing a golfball under my hand directly over the artery. The forces i apply to the golfball are directed towards the "point of contact" with the patient, and the artery...

I´ve now read the newspaper article. One word that scares the shit out of me, pardon my french, is HOURS. The patient was trapped for hours. Note the plural use of the word. It must have been a very undecisive doctor who chose NOT to perform the amputation early in the scenarios. Its a...

Very interesting discussion. Can i ad a few comments from my comfortable operating theatre ? 1. Emergency/traumatical amptutations that survive are most commonly those where the legs is torn off, as opposed to those that are cut off. This is due to the intima of the femoral arterie (the...