Burns
Here is a brief (13 minutes)video lecture on burns. I discuss: Initial management, including airway,…
Dr Peter Kas10/01/2023
Thermal Burns
I was recently looking at a past ACEM Fellowship Examination Question on burns and thought…
Defibrillation fire threat- fact or myth?
A great question came through the website this week. The question went something like this:…
Dr Peter Kas14/11/2024
Rapid Approach to Vertigo
I'm giving the talk on vertigo at the EMCORE, however several people have asked, after…
Dr Peter Kas14/11/2024
Differentiating stroke from benign causes of vertigo; the HINTS study.
The patient with acute vestibular syndrome can present a major diagnostic challenge. The patient with…
Dr Peter Kas01/02/2023
V/Q or CTPA in suspected PE in pregnancy
OK here it is. The final word in investigating the pregnant patient with suspected pulmonary…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Pericarditis vs Infarction vs Repolarisation
I've done blogs on early depolarisation and infarction in the past. The story isn't complete…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
ADRENALINE: SAVIOUR OR FAILURE?
Our obsession with adrenaline continues. We want to prove it works. It must! If it…
Dr Peter Kas13/01/2023
It’s Quiz time again
Question 1 A mother brings her 2 year old child into the emergency department.…
Dr Peter Kas13/11/2024
Early Repolarization, not benign in the inferior leads!
Early repolarization in the right precordial leads(V1-3) occurs in up to 5% of the population…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Can new CT scanners rule out subarachnoid?
Patients presenting with sudden onset of headache, must have a subarachnoid haemorrhage(SAH) ruled out. If missed,…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Let’s use exercise stress testing in the ED cleverly.
Exercise stress testing has been around for some time now. We use it for those…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Its quiz time- here’s a visual quiz
OK THRILL-SEEKERS, IT'S QUIZ TIME AGAIN! Here are 3 visual questions for you. The answers…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
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
Hyphaema
It's 2pm on a Saturday and the regular crowd shuffles in. Sorry that's a Billy…
Dr Peter Kas25/01/2023
Cauda Equina Syndrome
The local GP calls you as the admitting officer of a rural emergency department and…
Dr Peter Kas31/01/2023
