Lactation Ketoacidosis Read more BlogCase StudiesLabsResuscitation Lactation Ketoacidosis CASE A 30 yo woman is transferred to your emergency department from a smaller centre,…Dr Peter Kas22/10/2020
Fluid Resuscitation in Pancreatitis Read more BlogResuscitationSurgery Fluid Resuscitation in Pancreatitis Acute pancreatitis carries an overall risk of mortality of 2%, but it may be as…Dr Peter Kas10/08/2023
Severe Acidosis, Renal Failure and Metformin Toxicity Read more BlogNephrologyResuscitationSepsisToxicology Severe Acidosis, Renal Failure and Metformin Toxicity A Case of Severe Metformin Toxicity The call comes in just after midnight. A 67…Dr Peter Kas08/08/2023
Non-Invasive Ventilation Read more AirwayBlogResuscitation Non-Invasive Ventilation Introduction If find myself reaching more and more for the non-invasive ventilation, in the COPD…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
The Shock Index to predict hypotension Read more AirwayBlogResuscitation The Shock Index to predict hypotension The Shock Index. Do you use it? Do you know what it is? The Shock…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Continuous vs Interrupted CPR for Survival Read more BlogResuscitationUncategorized Continuous vs Interrupted CPR for Survival A new paper by the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) was published in the NEJM(November 9th…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
A New way to perform Valsalva for Supraventricular Tachycardia(SVT) Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascularResuscitation A New way to perform Valsalva for Supraventricular Tachycardia(SVT) Last month, August 25th, the REVERT Trial was published in the LANCET. This study used…Dr Peter Kas20/01/2023
A New Way to Give Adenosine in SVT Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascularResuscitation A New Way to Give Adenosine in SVT I've been speaking and writing about Supra Ventricular Tachycardia(SVT) Â a lot recently. Perhaps because of…Dr Peter Kas08/11/2024
Trans-venous pacing of bradycardia. Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascularResuscitation Trans-venous pacing of bradycardia. This case study involves an elderly gentleman who needed trans-venous pacing. Here is a simple…Dr Peter Kas02/07/2023
The Crashing Atrial Fibrillation Patient- Part 2- What inotrope to use? Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascularResuscitation The Crashing Atrial Fibrillation Patient- Part 2- What inotrope to use? Let me remind you of the patient we had in part 1 of this blog.…Dr Peter Kas14/11/2024
Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest- Colder may not be better! Read more BlogCardiologyCardiovascularNeurology/NeurosurgeryResuscitation Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest- Colder may not be better! This is Hot of the Press! November 17th 2013 New England Journal of Medicine, Neilsen…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Why I love vascular ultrasound! Read more BlogResuscitationUncategorizedVascular 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
Airway Management in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Read more AirwayBlogCardiac ResuscitationResuscitation Airway Management in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest We all spend a significant amount of time and effort in training in and practicing…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Thermal Burns Read more BlogFellowship ExamResuscitationTraumaTrauma Resuscitation Thermal Burns I was recently looking at a past ACEM Fellowship Examination Question on burns and thought…Dr Peter Kas25/01/2023
Defibrillation fire threat- fact or myth? Read more BlogResuscitation 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
Video Laryngoscopy- let’s get out of the dark ages! Read more AirwayBlogGadgets and GizmosResuscitationTrauma Resuscitation Video Laryngoscopy- let’s get out of the dark ages! I recently ran another of our Advanced Airway Workshops at ACEM's 2011 ASM and invited…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019