Clinical Updates: July 2026
from Clinical Conversations Hosted by The Ambulance Victoria Office of the Medical Director
Your monthly clinical update from Ambulance Victoria covering: Paediatric anaphylaxis and asthma – a message from Safer Care Victoria Pre-hospital blood products Patient safety update: CSO Matt Shepard on paediatric airway management Guideline monitoring: Head injury guideline Paper(s) of the month: Torniquet use for severe bleeding | Pre-hospital vital signs Equipment update Professional development opportunities Small steps to transform your practice Resources Paediatric Anaphylaxis: Acute Paediatric Asthma and Anaphylaxis – Practice point | Safer Care Victoria Pre-hospital Blood Products: BloodSafe eLearning Australia: Clinical Transfusion Practice: Pre-hospital and Retrieval RePHILL Trial: Resuscitation with blood products in patients with trauma-related haemorrhagic shock… Prehospital Whole Blood in Traumatic Haemorrhage: Randomised Controlled Trial (NEJM) Mitra et al. (2023), Pre-hospital Freeze-Dried Plasma for Critical Bleeding After Trauma: A Pilot R… System and Sustainability Considerations Young PP, Wood D, Holcomb JB, Jenkins DH, Levy MJ. Scaling of Prehospital Blood: A Model Describing… Whole Blood Research Hadley J, Conner J, Thomas C, et al. Whole Blood First Resuscitation and Association of Blood Produ… Ambulance Victoria Resources: Blood Component Access WIN/OPS/404 Blood Component Access from Air Ambulance Victoria: Essendon Fields. Describes pathways for metropolitan and inner regional access to blood components through AAV. WIN/OPS/405 Blood Component Access from a Health Service. Describes pathways for regional and remote access to blood components via health services and Adult Retrieval Victoria. Positioning Infants for Airway Management (video) Hear more from Matt Shepard in the Prehospital Nerds podcast: Website | TikTok Paper(s) of the month: Prehospital tourniquet use and associated outcomes in a low-resource conflict setting Prehospital physiologic instability and in-hospital mortality among non-trauma patients with low-ri… Get in touch [email protected] Linkedin James Ben Producer: Liam Mylebry
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Your monthly clinical update from Ambulance Victoria covering: Paediatric anaphylaxis and asthma – a message from Safer Care VictoriaPre-hospital blood productsPatient safety update: CSO Matt Shepard on paediatric airway managementGuideline monitoring: Head injury guidelinePaper(s) of the month: Torniquet use for severe bleeding | Pre-hospital vital signsEquipment updateProfessional development opportunitiesSmall steps to transform your practiceResources Paediatric Anaphylaxis: Acute Pa...
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