Shock Dose When Defibrillating Children
Cardiac arrest in children is certainly less frequent than in adults. However most paediatric in-hospital…
Dr Peter Kas14/05/2023
Am I ready to sit the ACEM Fellowship Exam?
This is for those Emergency Medicine registrars about to sit the ACEM Written Fellowship Exam.…
Bell’s Palsy
What is Bell's Palsy? It is an ipsilateral Cranial Nerve VII (lower motor neurone) palsy. There…
Dr Peter Kas03/08/2023
Facial Nerve Palsy examination
When examining a patient with a facial nerve palsy and we wish to determine if…
Dr Peter Kas18/09/2020
Trigeminal Neuralgia
An excellent review article on Trigeminal Neuralgia, has just come out in the NEJM(1). Here…
Dr Peter Kas05/05/2023
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
A 50 male patient is brought to your emergency department by ambulance post cardiac arrest.…
Dr Peter Kas23/08/2020
Anchoring
You've had a horrible, horrible shift. The resus went wrong, you couldn't intubate, the ortho reg…
Dr Peter Kas16/01/2023
Is SVT an ischaemic arrhythmia?
We often see patients presenting with SVT. They often have ST changes, so we have…
Dr Peter Kas13/08/2023
Compartment Syndrome
Compartment Syndrome, is usually straightforward to pick up. How do we measure Compartment pressures? Below…
Dr Peter Kas15/07/2023
I’ve Got this ‘Nanging’ feeling: Nitrous Oxide Abuse
'Nanging' is the recreational use of nitrous oxide. That cylinder you have in your emergency…
Dr Peter Kas22/06/2023
Dextrocardia: Can you pick it on ECG?
This is a great case that highlights how important it is, to know how to…
Dr Peter Kas02/07/2023
An Ominous ECG Sign
This is a fantastic case to learn from for a recent Circulation article(1) titled 'An…
Dr Peter Kas14/05/2023
Double Sequential External Defibrillation for Atrial Fibrillation
We know that Double Sequential(DSED) External Defibrillation has been used primarily for the treatment of…
Dr Peter Kas08/08/2023
Ketamine for Control of the Agitated Patient
Can Ketamine be used for the control of the agitated patient? CASE A patient is…
Dr Peter Kas06/09/2023
My top 8 tips for getting the tube.
Here are my top 8 tips for succeeding at intubation. 1. Use a Video Laryngoscope(VL),…
Dr Peter Kas19/01/2023
Transient Ischaemic Attack
A recent clinical practice article in the NEJM(1) on Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) gave a…
Dr Peter Kas05/05/2023
