Do you rule out DVT with a D-Dimer?
Deep Venous Thrombosis(DVT) occurs in approximately 1-2 per 1000 of the population. Our great concern…
Dr Peter Kas13/11/2024
Pseudo vs real seizure
If you've worked in the emergency department for a few years, you will have seen…
A New Way to Give Adenosine in SVT
I've been speaking and writing about Supra Ventricular Tachycardia(SVT) a lot recently. Perhaps because of…
Dr Peter Kas08/11/2024
Hip Relocation Made Easy
Here is a quick video on the Whistler technique for hip relocation. Its quick and…
Dr Peter Kas27/08/2023
Head Injury in Kids
Up to 60% of children that come to Emergency Departments with a head injury have…
Dr Peter Kas14/05/2023
Snake Bite
This year at EMCORE 30-31st May, we are proud to have Dr Ken Winkel, Toxicologist…
Dr Peter Kas26/01/2023
Reducing a Dislocated Jaw- A new way to do it.
Have you ever had to reduce a dislocated jaw? I've done about 3 and it…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Box Jellyfish stings: To vinegar or not?
The call came: a case of Box Jellyfish(Chironex fleckeri) envenomation in a young girl and her…
Dr Peter Kas15/07/2023
Electrolytes and the Heart
I was talking to a group of my junior registrars the other day about cardiac…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Magnesium Sulfate: Neuroprotective in Stroke? Study says no.
We have had a longstanding and controversial discussion about thrombolysis and definitive management of stroke,…
Dr Peter Kas15/07/2023
Supraventricular Tachycardia(SVT) in Infants
A mother brings her 7 month old son to the Emergency Department, as he has…
Dr Peter Kas11/01/2023
The HEART Score for sorting Low Risk Chest Pain Patients
The patient with chest pain is the most common presentation to Emergency Departments. And certainly…
Dr Peter Kas13/11/2024
Thromboembolism in the Post-Partum Period
Patients presenting to the Emergency Department with signs or symptoms which might be indicative of…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Chest Pain: How Sure Are We at Predicting?
Here’s a scary problem …. If I was a paramedic, not an emergency physician with…
Dr Peter Kas08/04/2022
The New Fellowship Course
The 6 Month Fellowship Exam Course If you’re sitting your Emergency Fellowship exams, or know…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Pulmonary Embolism in Patients With Syncope
HOT OFF THE PRESS Prandoni P et al. Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism among Patients Hospitalised…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
