Blunt Cardiac Injury
BLUNT CARDIAC INJURY When should we investigate the patient with suspected blunt cardiac injury (BCI)…
Dr Peter Kas25/01/2026
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,…
Traumatic Head Injury: Mannitol Anyone?
A/Prof Peter Kas takes us into the head injury scenario where there is suspected raised…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Trauma Resuscitation
A/Prof Peter Kas looks at some of the important evidence based trauma resuscitation measures we…
Dr Peter Kas18/10/2023
Unstable Trauma Patient: The Surgeon wants a CT
https://player.vimeo.com/video/169954094 Introduction What if we had a tool that allowed identification of haemorrhage source, in…
Dr Peter Kas08/08/2023
Important Studies in Emergency Medicine
Below are some important studies in Emergency Medicine. There certainly are more, however these are…
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
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
A case of head injury that raised a few questions
CASE STUDY: TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY A 30 year old male is brought to the Emergency…
Dr Peter Kas03/06/2019
