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Blunt Cardiac Injury
Blunt Cardiac Injury
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Blunt Cardiac Injury

BLUNT CARDIAC INJURY When should we investigate the patient with suspected blunt cardiac injury (BCI)…
Post-Tonsillectomy Haemorrhage
Post-Tonsillectomy Haemorrhage
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The HALT-IT Trial

The HALT-IT Trial(1) is an important trial and one we should know well. It looks…
PECARN C-Spine Rules
PECARN C-Spine Rules
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The New PECARN C-Spine Rule

The New PECARN C-Spine Rule: Interview with a PEM Physician Discussion with Dr Wilkin-Marshall Cervical…
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Traumatic Cardiac Arrest

Can you answer these 2 questions? Q 1. Which of these interventions do you think…
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emergency medicine conference
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Orbital blowout fracture causing syncope

When you're suspicious of entrapment in an orbital floor blowout fracture following trauma, you ask…
Hip Dislocation
Hip Dislocation
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Hip Dislocation

Introduction This review is based on a great journal article just published (1) The most…
Tranexamic Acid
Tranexamic Acid
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Tranexamic Acid: Did We Find Another Use?

Tranexamic Acid: Did we find another Use? So, picture a case. A 45 year old…
Potential traumatic brain injury - Resus
Potential traumatic brain injury - Resus
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CRASH-3 Trial

The CRASH-3 Trial has been published. CRASH-2 demonstrated that early administration of tranexamic acid(within 3…
Honey - Button Battery Ingestion
Honey - Button Battery Ingestion
Honey for Button Battery Ingestion?BlogTrauma

Honey for Button Battery Ingestion?

A 25-year-old patient presents with recurrent lithium button battery ingestion. She had been admitted with…
Rectal Exams - Emergency Medicine Education - Resus
Rectal Exams - Emergency Medicine Education - Resus
Why are we still doing log roll, FAST and rectal exams?BlogTrauma

Why are we still doing log roll, FAST and rectal exams?

In the blunt trauma patient, where we are considering a pan-scan, is there a role for…
Pregnancy and Trauma
Pregnancy and Trauma
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Pregnancy and Trauma

Trauma in pregnancy is a much more complex topic than simply, ’tilt them on their…
Doll's Eye Reflex
Doll's Eye Reflex
Fixed Dilated PupilsBlogResuscitationTrauma

Fixed Dilated Pupils

Head injury with fixed dilated pupils: Are we done? We have looked at the pupillary…
Cervical Spine -Iconoclasm
Cervical Spine -Iconoclasm
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The Cervical Spine: The Iconoclasm Continues

In recent blogs I suggested that clinically significant C spine injuries can be excluded by…
Emergency Medicine Education - Resus
Emergency Medicine Education - Resus
How Important is a C-Spine Collar….really?BlogTrauma

How Important is a C-Spine Collar….really?

In preparation for EMCORE Hong Kong 2018, I took some time to sit down and…
Emergency Medicine Education - Resus
Emergency Medicine Education - Resus
Cervical spine clearance in the intoxicated patientBlogTrauma

Cervical spine clearance in the intoxicated patient

The most commonly used c spine clearance rules exclude or mandate imaging in the case…
Emergency Medicine Education - Resus
Emergency Medicine Education - Resus
Maisonneuve FractureBlogOrthopaedicsTrauma

Maisonneuve Fracture

A Maisonneuve fracture is caused by pronation and external rotation. It can be difficult to…
Emergency Medicine Education - Resus
Emergency Medicine Education - Resus
Traumatic Head Injury: Mannitol Anyone?TraumaTrauma Featured VideoTrauma Resuscitation

Traumatic Head Injury: Mannitol Anyone?

A/Prof Peter Kas takes us into the head injury scenario where there is suspected raised…
Trauma Resuscitation
Trauma Resuscitation
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Trauma Resuscitation

A/Prof Peter Kas looks at some of the important evidence based trauma resuscitation measures we…

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