Surgical Airway is a Team Sport
This week we look at the Surgical Airway and how it involves the whole team.…
Dr Peter Kas30/07/2025
Ventilation: Volume vs Pressure
Let’s start by looking at 3 patient presentations. Please write down the ventilator settings you…
Video Laryngoscopy vs Direct Laryngoscopy for Critically ill patients. The DEVICE trial
There has been a lot of discussion around video laryngoscopy (VL) and its superiority or…
Dr Peter Kas03/08/2023
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection(SCAD)
CASE A 28 yo woman presents to the emergency department with chest pain and dyspnoea.…
Dr Peter Kas08/08/2023
Airway Management during Cardiac Arrest
Airway Management during Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation, is still an area that we need to get…
Dr Peter Kas19/05/2023
Video Laryngoscopy versus Direct Laryngoscopy
Video laryngoscopy (VL) versus Direct Laryngoscopy (DL). What should be the standard of care? Yet…
Dr Peter Kas06/09/2023
Amiodarone vs Lidocaine(Lignocaine) for VT/VF in-hospital cardiac arrest
Amiodarone has been the first line therapy for VT/VF since 2000. At that time it…
Dr Peter Kas04/05/2023
Hoover’s Sign and Functional Weakness
A 58 yo patient presents with weakness of the left leg. The patient states that…
Dr Peter Kas09/11/2024
Right Ventricular Infarction and Nitrates: Do we need to rethink?
Guidelines, Nitrates and Right Ventricular Infarction Cardiac Guidelines warn us against the use of Nitrates…
Dr Peter Kas04/05/2023
Personalised Cardiac Resuscitation
Personalised vs Generic Cardiac Resuscitation The resuscitation guidelines have changed little from their introduction in…
Dr Peter Kas04/05/2023
Early Depolarisation and Sudden Cardiac Death
A 28 yo patient presents to the emergency department following a syncopal episode. The patient…
Dr Peter Kas08/11/2024
Diagnosing the Dizzy Patient
Introduction Patients presenting with dizziness comprise about 4% of all emergency department presentations. Our role…
Dr Peter Kas04/04/2023
Transient Global Amnesia
CASE A 59 yo musician, who has just completed playing violin in an orchestral performance. Is…
Dr Peter Kas01/03/2023
Bell’s Phenomenon
Bell's Palsy is an ipsilateral Cranial Nerve VII (lower motor neuron) palsy. One of the…
Dr Peter Kas27/08/2023
Paediatric Resuscitation
Paediatric Resuscitation is stressful. However if we remember a few small points, it makes it…
Dr Peter Kas22/06/2023
Clearing the Patient with Suicidal Ideation.
Clearing the Patient with suicidal ideation in the emergency department, can be extremely difficult. The…
Dr Peter Kas15/02/2023
