Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Read more BlogResuscitationTrauma Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Can you answer these 2 questions? Q 1. Which of these interventions do you think…Dr Peter Kas13/10/2024
Orbital blowout fracture causing syncope Read more BlogophthalmologyTrauma Orbital blowout fracture causing syncope When you're suspicious of entrapment in an orbital floor blowout fracture following trauma, you ask…Dr Peter Kas05/09/2024
Tranexamic Acid: Did We Find Another Use? Read more BlogHaematologyTrauma Tranexamic Acid: Did We Find Another Use? Tranexamic Acid: Did we find another Use? So, picture a case. A 45 year old…Dr Peter Kas27/08/2023
CRASH-3 Trial Read more BlogTraumaUncategorized CRASH-3 Trial The CRASH-3 Trial has been published. CRASH-2 demonstrated that early administration of tranexamic acid(within 3…Dr Peter Kas22/06/2023
Honey for Button Battery Ingestion? Read more BlogTrauma Honey for Button Battery Ingestion? A 25-year-old patient presents with recurrent lithium button battery ingestion. She had been admitted with…Dr Peter Kas27/08/2023
Why are we still doing log roll, FAST and rectal exams? Read more BlogTrauma Why are we still doing log roll, FAST and rectal exams? In the blunt trauma patient, where we are considering a pan-scan, is there a role for…Dr Peter Kas08/08/2023
Pregnancy and Trauma Read more BlogObstetrics and GynaecologyTrauma Pregnancy and Trauma Trauma in pregnancy is a much more complex topic than simply, ’tilt them on their…Dr Peter Kas05/05/2023
Fixed Dilated Pupils Read more BlogResuscitationTrauma Fixed Dilated Pupils Head injury with fixed dilated pupils: Are we done? We have looked at the pupillary…Dr Peter Kas15/07/2023
The Cervical Spine: The Iconoclasm Continues Read more BlogTrauma The Cervical Spine: The Iconoclasm Continues In recent blogs I suggested that clinically significant C spine injuries can be excluded by…Dr Peter Kas08/08/2023
How Important is a C-Spine Collar….really? Read more BlogTrauma How Important is a C-Spine Collar….really? In preparation for EMCORE Hong Kong 2018, I took some time to sit down and…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Cervical spine clearance in the intoxicated patient Read more BlogTrauma Cervical spine clearance in the intoxicated patient The most commonly used c spine clearance rules exclude or mandate imaging in the case…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Maisonneuve Fracture Read more BlogOrthopaedicsTrauma Maisonneuve Fracture A Maisonneuve fracture is caused by pronation and external rotation. It can be difficult to…Dr Peter Kas31/01/2023
Traumatic Head Injury: Mannitol Anyone? Read more TraumaTrauma Featured VideoTrauma Resuscitation 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 Read more TraumaTrauma Featured VideoTrauma Resuscitation 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 Read more BlogTraumaTrauma Featured VideoTrauma Resuscitation 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
Clearing the Cervical Spine in Children Read more ArchitectureBlogCase StudiesTraumaUncategorized Clearing the Cervical Spine in Children Introduction Most of our treatment strategy in young children is based on our clinical judgement.…Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019