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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Aug 11, 2023 • 1h 10min
51-Artificial Intelligence in Austere Medicine
This week, Aebhric talks with Michael Klopper, who is on the faculty of CoROM. Michael is pursuing his doctorate in healthcare, focusing on artificial intelligence.
Michael has also been instrumental in pushing austere medicine forward in Africa. He is one of the first FAWM graduates in South Africa. He is the first to earn the new WP-C board certification in Africa, and he has designed the AHEMS module of the new Africa Diploma of Mountain Medicine being designed by CoROM.
Aug 4, 2023 • 37min
50-Paediatric Burns with Dr Edit Gara
Aebhric talks with Dr Gara about the burned paediatric patient and how to assess and manage this whilst working in remote, austere and resource-limited environments.
Jul 28, 2023 • 1h 5min
49-Dr Tom Mallinson talks about working in rural Scotland
Aebhric OKelly talks with Dr Tom Mallinson about his experiences working as a BASICs doctor and a GP in rural Scotland. They discuss how they met over ten years ago.
Tom is on the CoROM faculty and runs the Year Two cohort for the BSc Remote Paramedic Practice programme.
Tom recently published a chapter in the new Primary Care for Paramedics textbook.
https://www.google.de/books/edition/Primary_Care_for_Paramedics/SB7HEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=tom+mallinson+primary+care+paramedic&pg=PA2017&printsec=frontcover
Jul 21, 2023 • 1h 4min
48-Tropical Medicine with Jason Jarvis
Aebhric chats with Jason about his path from 18D to becoming a tropical medicine specialist. They chat about the aetiology of the CoROM Field Guide and his experience living in Malta for a year whilst teaching for the Remote Paramedic programme.
Jul 14, 2023 • 39min
47-Austere Critical Care with Dr Csaba
Aebhric and Csaba talk about critical care teaching for resource-limited environments. They discuss the original concepts of the critical care programmes the College offers. They discuss how the MSc Austere Critical Care programme began.
Dr Csaba also discusses research and why paramedics and nurses must be on the cutting edge of enhancing remote medicine.
Jul 7, 2023 • 27min
46-CMC Conference Review
Aebhric OKelly and Eirik Holmstrom talk about the Combat Medical Care conference this week held in Ulm, Germany. Both faculty gave presentations as well as two workshops.
Eirik talked about the Medic Tool documentation system. https://www.p3dmedics.com/.
Aebhric talked about tropical medicine and how it affects the operational medic.
Additional CoROM faculty were there. Dr Mike Shertz, Dr Winston de Mello and Patrick Wenger attended the conference.
Jun 30, 2023 • 56min
45-Tim Cranton talks about rabies
Tim takes a deep dive into the signs and symptoms of rabies and the clinical management in remote and austere environments.
Jun 23, 2023 • 32min
44-Neonatal Transport with Dr Edit Gara
Aebhric talks with Dr Edit Gara MD PhD about the challenges found whilst providing neonatal transport.
Jun 16, 2023 • 24min
43-Tropical Medicine Course in Norway
Aebhric OKelly talks with Dr Francis Sakita and Jason Jarvis, who just finished teaching two back-to-back Tropical Medicine Courses for the Norwegian military. They discuss their experiences teaching tropical medicine and having two days off in Oslo between the two courses.
Jun 9, 2023 • 34min
42-Ukraine Aeromedical Evac team from Norway
Aebhric OKelly talks with Dr. Haakon Asak and Bjørn Eidissen from the Norwegian military. They run the aeromedical evacuation team for EU missions. They provided weekly evacuations for the Ukrainian military and civilian casualties. Historically, they have provided evacuation flights for the Turkey earthquake victims. They have also had many deployments to the Middle East.
