Diagnosing Ventricular Tachycardia in 5 easy steps Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascular Diagnosing Ventricular Tachycardia in 5 easy steps Here is a simple case of potential ventricular tachycardia(VT) How do you manage this? A…Dr Peter Kas30/07/2025
Rapid IV Fluid Administration Does NOT Affect Neurological Outcome in Children with DKA Read more BlogPaediatricsResuscitation Rapid IV Fluid Administration Does NOT Affect Neurological Outcome in Children with DKA HOT OFF THE PRESS: A new clinical trial showing that rapid IV fluid administration does…Dr Peter Kas05/05/2023
Pericardiocentesis Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascularResuscitation Pericardiocentesis How to Perform Pericardiocentesis Pericardiocentesis is used to treat symptomatic pericardial effusions and cardiac tamponade.…Dr Peter Kas26/07/2023
How to Diagnose the Patient with Vertigo in 5 steps Read more BlogFellowship ExamFellowship Podcasts How to Diagnose the Patient with Vertigo in 5 steps How to Diagnose the Patient with Vertigo in 5 steps This week it's all about…Dr Peter Kas30/07/2025
Neuro Exam Pearls: Upper limb Read more BlogNeurology/Neurosurgery Neuro Exam Pearls: Upper limb I don't know about you, but I've always wanted to be able to perform a…Dr Peter Kas27/08/2023
VAPOX and Ventilation During the Apnoeic Period Read more AirwayBlogMedical Airway Equipment VAPOX and Ventilation During the Apnoeic Period In Rapid Sequence Intubation(RSI), there is that period of apnoea that occurs following delivery of…Dr Peter Kas30/07/2025
The SIC KID Read more BlogPaediatricsSepsis The SIC KID For years I've been speaking about the SIC KID Mnemonic. It's time to see where we…Dr Peter Kas30/01/2023
Should we intubate in the ramped position? Read more AirwayBasic Airway TopicsBlogResuscitation Should we intubate in the ramped position? I’ve spoken on awake intubationat the EMCORE Conferences, especially at the last Masterclass. I also spoke…Dr Peter Kas30/07/2025
5 Things to Think About in a Wheezy Child Read more BlogPaediatricsRespiratory 5 Things to Think About in a Wheezy Child Minimal Handling Stop touching the patient. Often enough in paediatrics, more is not better. This…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Zipper Injuries Read more BlogUrology Zipper Injuries This blog is often full of new evidence from high quality trials and literature reviews…Dr Peter Kas25/01/2023
Contrast Induced Nephropathy: Is it Real? Read more BlogNephrology Contrast Induced Nephropathy: Is it Real? You are managing a trauma and request a CT abdomen to exclude an intra-abdominal injury.…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Fixed Dilated Pupils Read more BlogResuscitationTrauma Fixed Dilated Pupils Head injury with fixed dilated pupils: Are we done? We have looked at the pupillary…Dr Peter Kas09/11/2024
The Unstable Atrial Fibrillation Patient Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascularResuscitation The Unstable Atrial Fibrillation Patient THE CASE A 75 yo man is brought into your small rural ED after 3…Dr Peter Kas18/10/2023
Are You Still Feeling For A Pulse? Stop It! Read more BlogResuscitation Are You Still Feeling For A Pulse? Stop It! I remember years ago when we used to manage cardiac arrests and everyone was asked…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Pulseless Electrical Activity Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascularResuscitation Pulseless Electrical Activity Pulseless Electrical Activity(PEA) occurs in about 30% of cardiac arrest cases. Given that it's not…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
The Cervical Spine: The Iconoclasm Continues Read more BlogTrauma The Cervical Spine: The Iconoclasm Continues In recent blogs I suggested that clinically significant C spine injuries can be excluded by…Dr Peter Kas08/08/2023