Effectiveness of Apnoeic Oxygenation Questioned Read more AirwayApnoeic OxygenationBlogMedical Airway EquipmentPre-oxygenation Effectiveness of Apnoeic Oxygenation Questioned Everyone knows I'm a huge fan of apnoeic oxygenation. I use it for sedation, for…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Difficult Airway Cases: What would you do? Read more AirwayBasic Airway TopicsBlog Difficult Airway Cases: What would you do? Airway management is frightening, especially if you don't do it often. Having a plan when…Dr Peter Kas11/01/2023
Roc Rocks, I’ll miss you Sux Read more AirwayBlog Roc Rocks, I’ll miss you Sux Rocuronium vs Suxamethonium(Succinylcholine) I remember teaching the Advanced Airway Workshop and having one slide with…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Stylet or Bougie for Intubation Read more AirwayBlogRapid Sequence Intubation Stylet or Bougie for Intubation As many of you will know, I've been teaching airway workshops now for many years,…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
My Rules for Getting the Airway Read more Advanced Airway TopicsAirwayBlogDelayed Sequence IntubationThe Surgical Airway My Rules for Getting the Airway There are all these fancy terms out there in respect to airway. There's apnoeic oxygenation,…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Delayed Sequence Intubation Read more AirwayBlogDelayed Sequence Intubation Delayed Sequence Intubation There's been a lot of talk around about Delayed Sequence Intubation and a little bit…Dr Peter Kas08/08/2023
How deeply should we sedate our patients post intubation? Read more AirwayBlog How deeply should we sedate our patients post intubation? I don't know about you, but I have always aimed at a decent level of…Dr Peter Kas10/01/2023
3 Essential things to do to get the Airway Read more Advanced Airway TopicsAirwayApnoeic OxygenationBlog 3 Essential things to do to get the Airway Well, I'm now writting the lectures for the EMCORE Conferences for Hong Kong, Melbourne and Fiji and I was quite excited…Dr Peter Kas22/06/2023
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
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
How to make your own AIRWAY CAM Read more AirwayBlogNeedle CricothyrotomyTechnology How to make your own AIRWAY CAM Here is a quick and cool way to make your own airway camera.Use it to…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Airway Management in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Read more AirwayBlogCardiac ResuscitationResuscitation Airway Management in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest We all spend a significant amount of time and effort in training in and practicing…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Apnoeic Oxygenation Read more AirwayBlog Apnoeic Oxygenation ...or how can I stop my sedated patient from desaturating? This is simple; a 7 minute…Dr Peter Kas26/01/2023
The scalpel,finger,tube method for Surgical Airway Read more AirwayBlogThe Surgical Airway The scalpel,finger,tube method for Surgical Airway THE ‘SCALPEL-FINGER-TUBE’ METHOD HOT OFF THE PRESS! The February edition of Emergency Medicine Australasia (2012)…Dr Peter Kas15/07/2023
Video Laryngoscopy- let’s get out of the dark ages! Read more AirwayBlogGadgets and GizmosResuscitationTrauma Resuscitation Video Laryngoscopy- let’s get out of the dark ages! I recently ran another of our Advanced Airway Workshops at ACEM's 2011 ASM and invited…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019