Shaun Anthony Whitmore


Shaun Anthony Whitmore

HEMS/SAR/USAR Critical Care Paramedic Registered Nurse with 20 years HEMS/2500 Mission experience base and 40 years in health. Currently based in Rural Victoria Australia which covers Alpine and Marine environments in a Paramedic based HEMS system. Skillsets includes Adult and Paediatric RSI, Blood carriage and administration, POCUS, iStat, land and sea based winch rescue capability. Shaun also an AUSMat Team leader with the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre in Darwin Australia which provides disaster response locally and in the Pacific Region. Shaun has also engaged in education programs in disaster response and aeromedical subjects in Papua New Guinea, Borneo, Bougainville, Malaysia, Vanuatu and Taiwan, along with disaster deployments to Samoa, Fiji and locally as a USAR Paramedic to the Black Saturday Fires in Victoria.

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Initially tasked to a potential winch case in Alpine Victoria, enroute things changed substantially. The ultimate outcome was an attempted high GCS RSI which quickly evolved into a cricothyroidotomy. The presentation analyses decision making, the high variation in tasking requirements, and the need for adaptation and critical thinking processes to dynamic circumstances in resource poor/isolated environments. I have discussed this presentation with Axel Vioarsson, so have a chat with him regarding the content if that helps.