Are they Medically Cleared?
"Are they medically cleared?" Â How many times do we hear this? Â Usually its from mental…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
An Unusual Foreign Body in the Airway
During a recent stint at a regional base hospital in NSW I was faced with…
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
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
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
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!
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!
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?
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?
The story so far: AÂ 72 yo man is brought into your emergency department by…
Dr Peter Kas14/11/2024
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
Prasad. V., Rho J., Cifu A., A Metaphor for Medicine in the Evidence Based Medicine…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
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
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.
Have you ever wanted to order a test, especially a radiological one and after hours…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
A ‘Rare as Hen’s Teeth’ Diagnosis
Have you ever had one of those cases where you thought, "I am so good,…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
