Adrenaline in Cardiac Arrest is no better than BLS?
Adrenaline in Cardiac Arrest may provide no benefit above BLS alone. Adrenaline is the most…
Dr Peter Kas02/11/2022
The BaSICS and PLUS trials: 0.9% Saline versus Balanced Fluid
There has been a ongoing debate over the choice of intravenous fluid in unwell patients.…
The Best Resuscitation Papers in the last 2 years
Here is a summary of some of the best resuscitation papers introduced at the EMCORE…
Dr Peter Kas02/09/2022
GCS alone to predict Traumatic Brain Injury: Can it lead to a delay in appropriate patient care?
The Glascow Coma Score(GCS) has long been used as a marker of brain injury severity,…
Dr Peter Kas25/01/2023
Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage.
The 2022 Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage have just been released by the American…
Dr Peter Kas09/11/2024
Does Fluid Restriction in Septic Shock result in Better Outcomes?
Literature Review: Restriction of Intravenous Fluids in ICU Patients with Septic Shock. NEJM 386;26. June…
Dr Peter Kas19/01/2023
Cardioversion in Pregnancy: Is it Safe?
Is cardioversion safe in the pregnant patient? A CASE A 24 yo female patient presents…
Dr Peter Kas14/05/2023
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
A 50 male patient is brought to your emergency department by ambulance post cardiac arrest.…
Dr Peter Kas23/08/2020
Resuscitation Literature Review October 2019
This week, I wanted to quickly review some of the latest resuscitation literature. Let's look…
Dr Peter Kas29/10/2019
Double Sequential External Defibrillation
Double Sequential External Defibrillation(DSED) is a means of administering sequential shocks to terminate shock resistant…
Dr Peter Kas24/07/2019
Phenytoin and Levetiracetam: EcLIPSE and ConSEPT trials
There has been a longstanding discussion over which is the best second-line agent to use…
Dr Peter Kas12/07/2019
Capnography
Understanding capnography and being able to decipher the waveforms, can give us critical information on a…
Dr Peter Kas27/08/2023
Should we bring Bretylium back in cardiac arrest?
Following a brief presentation at EMCore Hong Kong in April of this year, that challenged…
Dr Peter Kas08/11/2024
Apnoeic Oxygenation in Resuscitation: Is it time?
We are finally seeing the years of airway in resuscitation dogma being challenged. The original…
Dr Peter Kas12/12/2022
HEAD-UP CPR
Image Source: jems.com You may have heard of Head-Up CPR as a new approach to…
Dr Peter Kas04/05/2023
The unstable patient with massive PV bleed
The Case It was a quiet Sunday afternoon in a small ED (sounds like the…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
