News
(43 items total, showing 21 to 30)
IFNA bursary winners and poster competition
Published: 19 March 2009
Congratulations to both nurses who won our IFNA bursaries last year.
RCN In-Flight Nursing Course ceases this year
Published: 19 March 2009
It is sad news that South Bank University has decided to close the RCN In-Flight Nursing course, run successfully for many years by Siva Murugiah, the Course Director.
Monarch invests in new demand flow oxygen system
Published: 19 March 2009
Here’s a report from Dr SIMON BROWN, Captain, Monarch Airlines, AvMed Dr.
Transfer times at LGW: When is ‘enough’ not really enough
Published: 19 March 2009
Flight Nurse PAULINE RANSFORD writes on the difficulty of getting from international to domestic flights at London’s Gatwick Airport and wonders if anyone else has come up the same problems
Belt up!
Published: 19 March 2009
Lifejackets aren’t normally de rigueur at RCN headquarters, but the 37 delegates attending our last IFNA study day of 2008 were invited to have a go.
Letter from the Editor
Published: 25 September 2008
The current climate for overseas travel, and especially for airlines, is not looking healthy. Soaring fuel prices mean that already this year, several airlines have ceased business. At the time of writing, Excel are the latest victim with thousands of holidaymakers stranded abroad and there are fears for further airlines in the near future.
In flight, how much oxygen is ‘enough’?
Published: 25 September 2008
Here’s some potentially life-saving guidance from Dr TERRY MARTIN, Consultant Intensivist/Anaesthetist and Director, CCAT Aeromedical Training.
The case for ‘door-to-door’ delivery: a cautionary tale!
Published: 25 September 2008
In February I flew out to France to bring back a 22-year-old man who had been in a snow boarding accident. He was a week down the line, having spent most of that time in a large university hospital.