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?
Let me remind you of the patient we had in part 1 of this blog.…
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!
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
We all spend a significant amount of time and effort in training in and practicing…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
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?
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!
I recently ran another of our Advanced Airway Workshops at ACEM's 2011 ASM and invited…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
2 new studies to look out for – ‘CIRC’ and ‘ARCTIC’
STUDY 1 : THE CIRC TRIAL This is a Zoll funded study that looks at…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Guidelines Schmidelines – how do i apply them?
https://resus.com.au/guidelines-schmidelines-how-do-i-apply-them/ Hi everyone. Just finished a great week at the ASM 2011 conference in Sydney.…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Fluid resuscitation in children with severe febrile illness and hypoperfusion
This is a great new study to read. The New England Journal of Medicine Study…
Dr Peter Kas13/11/2024
Aortic dissection
A 70 plus year old non-English speaking gentleman presented to the emergency department with chest…
Dr Peter Kas01/02/2023
The new resuscitation guidelines
The new Australian Resuscitation Guidelines are out. We were waiting to see if they took…
Dr Peter Kas09/01/2023
How to put someone into ventricular tachycardia
Picture this scene. You walk into an acute cubicle. “What’s going on here?”“This 19 year old…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
It is sometimes called Erythema Multiforme Major and is a severe skin involvement with bullous…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Gastro or ectopic?
A 34 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department for the second time in…
Dr Peter Kas01/02/2023
