Blunt Cardiac Injury
BLUNT CARDIAC INJURY When should we investigate the patient with suspected blunt cardiac injury (BCI)…
Dr Peter Kas25/01/2026
The New PECARN C-Spine Rule
The New PECARN C-Spine Rule: Interview with a PEM Physician Discussion with Dr Wilkin-Marshall Cervical…
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
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?
Tranexamic Acid: Did we find another Use? So, picture a case. A 45 year old…
Dr Peter Kas08/11/2024
CRASH-3 Trial
The CRASH-3 Trial has been published. CRASH-2 demonstrated that early administration of tranexamic acid(within 3…
Dr Peter Kas01/05/2026
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?
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
Trauma in pregnancy is a much more complex topic than simply, ’tilt them on their…
Dr Peter Kas05/05/2023
Fixed Dilated Pupils
Head injury with fixed dilated pupils: Are we done? We have looked at the pupillary…
Dr Peter Kas09/11/2024
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?
In preparation for EMCORE Hong Kong 2018, I took some time to sit down and…
Dr Peter Kas09/11/2024
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
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?
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
