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 1, 2023 • 24min
67-Academic Research with Dr Theo
This week, Aebhric talks with Dr Theo Aslanidis who runs the PhD programme for the College. They discuss research for paramedics and healthcare providers working in remote and austere environments.
Nov 24, 2023 • 51min
66-Life as an Offshore Medic
This week, Aebhric talks with Tim Cranton, who has worked as an offshore medic for 25 years. They discuss his daily routines and what medical emergencies he can expect.
Tim talks about what courses and training are required to get a job as an Offshore Medic.
Nov 17, 2023 • 48min
65-Prehospital blood in Ukraine with Dr John Quinn
Aebhric talks with Dr John Quinn, who has been going to Ukraine since 2001. He has worked in Eastern Ukraine since the war started in 2014. John was instrumental in getting blood approved by non-doctors in Ukraine for prehospital use.
Nov 10, 2023 • 41min
64-Tropical Medicine Update (part 2)
This week, Aebhric O'Kelly and Jason Jarvis discuss current tropical disease outbreaks in the US and Europe.
The discussion went over time, so we broke the talk into two parts.
Part 1: Malaria and Dengue (dropped last week)
Part 2: Leishmaniasis and Schistosomiasis
Nov 3, 2023 • 50min
63-Tropical Medicine Update (part 1)
This week, Aebhric O'Kelly and Jason Jarvis discuss current tropical disease outbreaks in the US and Europe.
The discussion went over time, so we broke the talk into two parts.
Part 1: Malaria and Dengue
Part 2: Leishmaniasis and Schistosomiasis will be dropped next Friday
Oct 27, 2023 • 27min
62-Pain Update with Winston de Mello
This week, Aebhric talks with Dr Winston de Mello about pain.
Oct 20, 2023 • 40min
61-Ukraine Medic talks about his experiences
This week, Aebhric talks with Vlad Chumachenko, who came for our Austere Emergency Care course in Pretty Bay, Malta. They discuss the training that Ukraine medics receive before heading to the front. There is a need for prolonged field care training at all medical levels.
Oct 13, 2023 • 24min
60-Discussing Malta with Price Parker and Eirik Holmstrom
This week, Aebhric talks with Price Parker, 18D and Eirik Holmstrom about their experiences in Malta whilst teaching at the College. They talk about the Intensive Care for Austere and Remote Environments (ICARE) course that ran this week. They also talk about the history of the Knights of St. John and how that lineage can be found in Special Forces Medicine.
Oct 6, 2023 • 37min
59-The Dehydrated Paediatric Patient with Dr Gara
This week, Aebhric talks with Dr Edit Gara, MD PhD about how to assess and manage the paediatric patient who is dehydrated.
Sep 29, 2023 • 56min
58-Human Remains Retreival with Zack Andrews
This week, Aebhric talks with Zack Andrews, who works in the Human Remains Retrieval team based in Hawaii. He is an active-duty SOF medic and is currently going through the MSc Austere Critical Care programme.
