Peri-Orbital vs Orbital Cellulitis
What differentiates Peri-orbital from Orbital Cellulitis is which side of the orbital septum the infection…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
MCQ EMQ SAQ
Let's face it, everyone's nervous about the new exam. What's different, what isn't? Everything is…
Pulmonary Embolism in Patients With Syncope
HOT OFF THE PRESS Prandoni P et al. Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism among Patients Hospitalised…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Retropharyngeal Abscess
In occurs in 6months to 4 years of age. Patients present with: fever, drooling, dysphagia,…
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
Strange Cases I’ve Seen: How do you remove a ….catfish?
I was working in a rural emergency department a little while ago and a patient…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
The Cranial Nerve Exam
The Cranial Nerve examination frustrates a lot of people.
Dr Peter Kas13/01/2023
Pericarditis vs Infarction vs Repolarisation
I've done blogs on early depolarisation and infarction in the past. The story isn't complete…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Let’s use exercise stress testing in the ED cleverly.
Exercise stress testing has been around for some time now. We use it for those…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Hyphaema
It's 2pm on a Saturday and the regular crowd shuffles in. Sorry that's a Billy…
Dr Peter Kas25/01/2023
Christmas and Ralph Waldo Emerson
As I sit here after a fantastic Christmas Day and I think of all the…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Demand excellence in your medicine and you
A slightly different blog today. A little while ago I gave a lecture on creating…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
The new resuscitation guidelines
The new Australian Resuscitation Guidelines are out. We were waiting to see if they took…
Dr Peter Kas09/01/2023
What rash is this?
An 8 month girl is brought to the Emergency Department by her parents. She has…
Dr Peter Kas01/02/2023
Cutting the neck – a final word!
The one area of greatest concern, amongst delegates when I'm giving an airway workshop, is…
Dr Peter Kas17/01/2023
My Rant on what we need to know in Emergency Medicine.
Watch the video. This is the reason the RESUSCITATION CONFERENCE, RESUS 2010 was established in…
Dr Peter Kas17/01/2023
