Frank Clark. Launceston Obstetrician Gynaecologist.
Speculums and laryngoscopes – unlikely bedfellows!
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Speculums and laryngoscopes – unlikely bedfellows!
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Notes how great it is to come to a conference which isn't o and g .... we learn from each other.
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Went to Antarctica because a friend showed him a post on Facebook about an expedition.... previously with 4 kids and full time work no time.
Hey @Dr_Polarbird this is right up your alley!
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Hey @Dr_Polarbird this is right up your alley!
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First interview question to this obstetrician to get an Antarctica job was ‘can you enucleate an eye’.
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Yes, he had his appendix out before he went. Learnt about what it can be like for his patients having lap's.
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Training principles pre expidition - highly focussed, very practical, at the right time.
Four weeks of dentistry - who would like their OBGYN to take a few teeth out! (FW says the training actually works ... it's very targeted for the remote environment).
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Four weeks of dentistry - who would like their OBGYN to take a few teeth out! (FW says the training actually works ... it's very targeted for the remote environment).
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How do you turn an OBGYN into an anaesthetist in 3 weeks?
Shout out to @cjwilde and friends who created the training.
Notes if you have to actually do an anaesthetic in Antarctica you have to do the surgery as well.
Recipe book.
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Shout out to @cjwilde and friends who created the training.
Notes if you have to actually do an anaesthetic in Antarctica you have to do the surgery as well.
Recipe book.
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Notes staff are mostly pretty healthy so should be ok if they needed an op ... . BMI limit for staff in Antarctic is 35. However staff have monthly medical and it *may creep up over the months. ...
Plenty of checklists, labelled picture guide, everything numbered.
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Plenty of checklists, labelled picture guide, everything numbered.
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How to provide safe anaesthesia in Antarctica?
Check lists.
Check lists.
Check lists.
Routine scheduled checks of equipment, with reports to base. Mandatory.
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Check lists.
Check lists.
Check lists.
Routine scheduled checks of equipment, with reports to base. Mandatory.
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2017 UTAS Expedition medicine course Mole Creek Caves was very useful training. #ACE22TAS
Inf dental nerve block handy for the dental excavations as a temp measure.
Dental nurse was the plumber.
Shane - diesel mechanic for the Anaes.
Teledentistry - images sent to dentist, missed a bit ... had to re-do the procedure worked for the few months of winter.
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Dental nurse was the plumber.
Shane - diesel mechanic for the Anaes.
Teledentistry - images sent to dentist, missed a bit ... had to re-do the procedure worked for the few months of winter.
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Sugammadex has made it to Antarctica!
Loads of pictures to demonstrate to lay staff how to draw up.
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Loads of pictures to demonstrate to lay staff how to draw up.
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2,500 nautical miles from Australia and doing some bird counting and there’s fire coming from 7 floors below…. Muster muster this is not a drill … swing past the medical centre to pick up things …. Then drs called to the bridge …. Lost engineer …. #ACE22TAS
Engineer was ok but the ship was not. Lifeboats assembled…. Luckily didn’t need as a storm was coming … never been so frightened…. #ACE22TAS
Audience qs:
Who will look after you if you are sick in Antarctica and you are the only dr?
It's only you .. yes he said it can mess with your head...at gym ... gut ache... is that a hernia? what if it strangulates? what if covid comes? who would ventilate me?
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Who will look after you if you are sick in Antarctica and you are the only dr?
It's only you .. yes he said it can mess with your head...at gym ... gut ache... is that a hernia? what if it strangulates? what if covid comes? who would ventilate me?
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Q about communication and the internet. Good comms but sometimes internet dodgy. WhatsApp video to family was the most reliable. #ACE22TAS
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