Pregnancy and Trauma Read more BlogObstetrics and GynaecologyTrauma Pregnancy and Trauma Trauma in pregnancy is a much more complex topic than simply, ’tilt them on their…Dr Peter Kas05/05/2023
Capnography Read more AirwayBlogCardiac ResuscitationResuscitation Capnography Understanding capnography and being able to decipher the waveforms, can give us critical information on a…Dr Peter Kas27/08/2023
The 6 Human Needs Read more BlogWellbeing The 6 Human Needs As part of a talk on ‘Dealing with Difficult People’, I gave at EMCORE Hong…Dr Peter Kas13/11/2024
Should we bring Bretylium back in cardiac arrest? Read more BlogCardiac ResuscitationResuscitation Should we bring Bretylium back in cardiac arrest? Following a brief presentation at EMCore Hong Kong in April of this year, that challenged…Dr Peter Kas08/11/2024
Upright T wave in V1 Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascularECG Upright T wave in V1 A 65 year old woman presents with a 20 minute episode of chest pain. Her…Dr Peter Kas02/07/2023
Syncope in Children Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascularPaediatrics Syncope in Children Syncope is not uncommon, occurring in up to 25% of children. Most causes are benign,…Dr Peter Kas08/11/2024
Smith’s Fracture Diagnosis and Management Read more BlogOrthopaedics Smith’s Fracture Diagnosis and Management A 15 yo male with a Smith’s Fracture. The patient had fallen onto his flexed…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Apnoeic Oxygenation in Resuscitation: Is it time? Read more AirwayApnoeic OxygenationBlogCardiac ResuscitationPre-oxygenationResuscitation Apnoeic Oxygenation in Resuscitation: Is it time? We are finally seeing the years of airway in resuscitation dogma being challenged. The original…Dr Peter Kas12/12/2022
HEAD-UP CPR Read more BlogCardiac ResuscitationResuscitation HEAD-UP CPR Image Source: jems.com You may have heard of Head-Up CPR as a new approach to…Dr Peter Kas04/05/2023
Phlegmasia Cerulean Dolens Read more BlogVascular Phlegmasia Cerulean Dolens CASE A 35 yo woman presents with a painful blue swollen leg, that occurred rapidly,…Dr Peter Kas09/11/2024
The ‘Lightbulb Sign’ doesn’t always mean a posterior dislocation Read more BlogOrthopaedics The ‘Lightbulb Sign’ doesn’t always mean a posterior dislocation A 35 yo woman presents to the emergency department with a complaint of shoulder dislocation.…Dr Peter Kas22/06/2023
The unstable patient with massive PV bleed Read more BlogObstetrics and GynaecologyResuscitation The unstable patient with massive PV bleed The Case It was a quiet Sunday afternoon in a small ED (sounds like the…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Will Paramedic-2 change my practice? Read more BlogCardiac ResuscitationResuscitation Will Paramedic-2 change my practice? If you haven’t caught the newly published Paramedic-2 trial, here’s a brief rant that tells…Dr Peter Kas08/08/2023
The Patient with Diplopia Read more BlogNeurology/Neurosurgery The Patient with Diplopia A 58 yo male presents to the emergency department with an 8 hour history of…Dr Peter Kas22/06/2023
A 29 yo male with sudden onset of flaccid paralysis Read more BlogEndocrine A 29 yo male with sudden onset of flaccid paralysis The Case A Previously well 29 year old male awoke at 0630hrs unable to move…Dr Peter Kas08/08/2023
A new DAWN for stroke treatment Read more BlogNeurology/NeurosurgeryNeurosurgery A new DAWN for stroke treatment Last week we looked at a case study involving a patient who awoke with stroke…Dr Peter Kas03/08/2023