Laura O'Callaghan

I saw him briefly at SMACC. Told him how much I loved his talk, especially his take home point about skeptics. Gone too soon :(

Dr Stephen Sollid of the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation opening the session on HEMS, the first speaker is our own Dr David Menzies @European_EMS @AmbulanceNAS #EMS2025

#DGINA2025 There are no intentions more honourable than these.

Pre-Hospital Teams - focus not on our professions but on our patients - Prof Mike Christian @_retrieval #retrieval2025

Perception by some that 'Critical Care' is a defined set of knowledge / skills to be taught & delivered but 'Today's Critical Care is Tomorrow's Advanced Care' - Prof Mike Christian @_retrieval #retrieval2025

"Today's Critical Care is Tomorrow's Advanced Care" - Prof Mike Christian @_retrieval #retrieval2025

Fragmented systems - often contributed to by the passionate people who set up amazing Pre-Hospital services - Founders Syndrome - be able to identify when 'your baby' needs to be in someone else's hands  - Michael Dickson @_retrieval #retrieval2025

Honored to present some of my research w/ @MyCareFlight today at @_retrieval. Thanks to @LeechCaroline for moderating and asking the tough questions! #retrieval2025

Inclusivity runs right through from role models, mentoring, Job description, selection process, and employment - @LeechCaroline @_retrieval #retrieval2025

What an incredible privilege to talk at @_retrieval , getting to meet and speak in front of so many inspiring pre-hospitalists - many of whom authored work I’ve read and referenced over the years. If you’re looking for conferences next year - I can’t recommend Retrieval enough

Israel has executed in cold blood, paramedics on their way to help others in Gaza. And then buried them, and their ambulances. And then tried to cover it up. Not a normal country. This is a #WarCrime

@keatingteam1 #PositivelyDisruptive… I love it. Absolutely needs to happen 🙌🏻

@Lauraoc25 Still massively a thing in the Pre Hospital and rescue world. We need to challenge dogma #positivelydisruptive

Today we completed a full circle of care for one of our patients. A t.crit IPATS t/f into #PICU @CHI_Ireland followed 6/7 later by a t/f to @KingsCollegeNHS with @IrishAirCorps & finally via our Repat team back to @CUH_Cork to finish recovery. Right care, time & place @HSELive

@emcrit on Epi & A-Lines @Incrementum2025 🪡Use a big / good needle & #POCUS 💉Have everything prepped BEFORE 🙌🏾Stablize Pannus (dont use tape) 💻Needle walk + Vessel Trigonometry 💭Titrate Vasopressors based on DBP #FOAMed #incrementum2025 @PacoCampilloPal @EMManchester @docib

@airambulancedoc @FLTDOC1 Soon to 1 paramedic and 1 EMT plus 2 pilots

A single paramedic provider model for HEMS is grossly inadequate irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4158…

@cliffreid on Mental Models in Cardiac Arrest at @Incrementum2025 🫀 CPR sustains perfusion, does not treat cardiac arrest 🫁High Quality CPR is terrible for lungs, O2 is still needed ⚡Most arrests are non-shockable 👀Watch defibrillator pad placement #FOAMed #incrementum2025

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Prehospital sedation needs to be done with same standards as in hospital. Practitioners need to be experienced, with documented evidence of competence in airway management, and haemodynamic management. Safety cannot be compromised. Even ketamine isn’t always the ‘safe’ option