Clinical Fellowship Course Read more Clinical ExaminationFellowship Exam Clinical Fellowship Course Kamikaze Clinical Fellowship Course – Melbourne/Sydney- March and April 2014 The Kamikaze Clinical Fellowship Course…Dr Peter Kas09/01/2023
Are they Medically Cleared? Read more BlogMedical Are they Medically Cleared? "Are they medically cleared?" How many times do we hear this? Usually its from mental…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
An Unusual Foreign Body in the Airway Read more Advanced Airway TopicsAirwayBlogThe Failed Airway An Unusual Foreign Body in the Airway During a recent stint at a regional base hospital in NSW I was faced with…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Hyponatraemia- Working it out Read more BlogLabs Hyponatraemia- Working it out Hyponatraemia is the most common electrolyte abnormality that we see. It's important to be able…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
A New Fever Coming to an ED Near You Read more BlogInfectious Diseases A New Fever Coming to an ED Near You Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding On 26th April 2013 2 cases of Chikungunya Fever were reported…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
How to Put on a Thumb Spica Read more BlogOrthopaedics How to Put on a Thumb Spica Fractures of the wrist or forearm are one of the most common diagnoses we make…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
The GuideIN tube seeks out the trachea Read more AirwayBlogThe Failed Airway The GuideIN tube seeks out the trachea What's this? A device that seeks and finds the trachea and intubates the patient?......enter the…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Are you still using cricoid pressure? STOP IT! Read more AirwayBlogNeedle Cricothyrotomy Are you still using cricoid pressure? STOP IT! For years we have been using cricoid pressure in the emergency airway, so as to…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Why I love vascular ultrasound! Read more BlogResuscitationUncategorizedVascular Why I love vascular ultrasound! I remember a time before the ultrasound when all the central lines I would do…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Is incidental Left Bundle Branch Block Benign? Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascular Is incidental Left Bundle Branch Block Benign? Here's the case. You see a 24 year old male who presents with a history…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
How can I tell if a wide complex tachycardia is Ventricular Tachycardia(VT) or something else? Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascular How can I tell if a wide complex tachycardia is Ventricular Tachycardia(VT) or something else? The story so far: A 72 yo man is brought into your emergency department by…Dr Peter Kas14/11/2024
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascular Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome A group of disorders commonly bundled together and known as Pre-excitation Syndromes. Incidence is quite…Dr Peter Kas09/01/2023
PE or NOT PE? That is the Question Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascularRespiratory PE or NOT PE? That is the Question Prasad. V., Rho J., Cifu A., A Metaphor for Medicine in the Evidence Based Medicine…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Afebrile Febrile Convulsions – What? Read more BlogPaediatrics Afebrile Febrile Convulsions – What? How can you have an afebrile febrile convulsion? Well, it turns out you can. It…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Bedside Ultrasound and Renal Colic Read more BlogNephrologyUrology Bedside Ultrasound and Renal Colic Can Bedside Ultrasound be a Tool in the Assessment and Management of Renal Colic? Bedside…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Carotid Dissection-When to Suspect, When to Scan. Read more BlogTraumaVascular Carotid Dissection-When to Suspect, When to Scan. Have you ever wanted to order a test, especially a radiological one and after hours…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019