Case 7 Incident A 43-year-old woman has slipped from a crowded platform and fallen into the path of an incoming train at an underground station. She has been dragged under…
CASE 33 Incident A 40-year-old mining worker has been involved in a gas explosion and subsequent fire. He has sustained burns to the face and circumferentially to both lower limbs…
CASE 49 Incident A 67-year-old male developed chest pain while on holiday in Bali. He was diagnosed with an anterior myocardial infarction and thrombolysed at the local hospital. He is…
CASE 47 Incident You have been asked to oversee medical and major incident cover at a music concert in a large capital city. The organisers expect 50,000 people to attend….
CASE 46 Incident You are an ‘off-duty’ pre-hospital and retrieval doctor travelling with your family on an international flight when you notice a commotion in the seat just ahead of…
CASE 45 Incident A 25-year-old male has fallen 3 metres (10 feet) from a hiking track in an isolated, mountainous and heavily forested national park. He is unable to walk…
CASE 41 Incident A 30-year-old male has sustained a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the face on a remote rural property. Relevant information ▪ Aircraft: Fixed-wing turbo prop aircraft. Two-stretcher capacity…
CASE 40 Incident A bus has rolled over in the late evening some 450 km (280 miles) from your base location near a remote mining community. Initial reports suggest multiple…
CASE 37 Incident A 17-year-old patient with newly diagnosed schizophrenia requires retrieval from a general hospital to a secure adolescent psychiatric unit. The patient has been violent and has required…
CASE 24 Incident Following a fall from farm machinery, a 40-year-old female has intracranial haemorrhage and spinal injuries and requires retrieval from a general hospital. She is intubated and ventilated…
