Governance Day!
Today we attended the HEMS governance day. This is a day once a month where HEMS docs and paramedics get together to do QI on calls and their system in general. This was set in a building that was very modernly decorated. The lecture hall we were in was completely green, I mean green. From carpet to ceiling, crayola green, with the exception of 10 completely random red chairs.
They started out reviewing articles from various medical journals, and then reviewed several cases that HEMS took where the patient died (overviewing what happened to the patient, what care was given, and what could have been better). The calls involved a hanging, car v. pedestrian, car v. cyclist, and a 'one under' (someone under a train). After this they reviewed two calls from start to finish, from the 999 call, dispatch and response, right down to the data recording. Then for lunch Jon and I ate at the café there (completely red) and split a lemonade shandy. This is a drink half lemonade and half beer (surprisingly good and refreshing). We also had tea and biscuits (cookies) in the ante-room (completely orange). Then we listened to a lecture on chest trauma, a bit over our heads for a bit, but some interesting concepts. The last bit was a lecture given by a policeman about ballistics. They are quite fascinated with the subject here because all guns are outlawed, so they have limited experience with them.
When we were finished we had a pint with some of the people there. They gave us a bitter which is literally pumped out of the bar (not CO2 powered like regular taps.) These apparently are local beers which are more alcoholic than regular ones, so true! We both felt like lightweights when this one pint made us 'fuzzy' as I like to call it.
They started out reviewing articles from various medical journals, and then reviewed several cases that HEMS took where the patient died (overviewing what happened to the patient, what care was given, and what could have been better). The calls involved a hanging, car v. pedestrian, car v. cyclist, and a 'one under' (someone under a train). After this they reviewed two calls from start to finish, from the 999 call, dispatch and response, right down to the data recording. Then for lunch Jon and I ate at the café there (completely red) and split a lemonade shandy. This is a drink half lemonade and half beer (surprisingly good and refreshing). We also had tea and biscuits (cookies) in the ante-room (completely orange). Then we listened to a lecture on chest trauma, a bit over our heads for a bit, but some interesting concepts. The last bit was a lecture given by a policeman about ballistics. They are quite fascinated with the subject here because all guns are outlawed, so they have limited experience with them.
When we were finished we had a pint with some of the people there. They gave us a bitter which is literally pumped out of the bar (not CO2 powered like regular taps.) These apparently are local beers which are more alcoholic than regular ones, so true! We both felt like lightweights when this one pint made us 'fuzzy' as I like to call it.
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