Tranexamic Acid: Did We Find Another Use?
Tranexamic Acid: Did we find another Use? So, picture a case. A 45 year old...
CRASH-3 Trial
The CRASH-3 Trial has been published. CRASH-2 demonstrated that early administration of tranexamic acid(within 3...
Honey for Button Battery Ingestion?
A 25-year-old patient presents with recurrent lithium button battery ingestion. She had been admitted with...
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...
Pregnancy and Trauma
Trauma in pregnancy is a much more complex topic than simply, ’tilt them on their...
Fixed Dilated Pupils
Head injury with fixed dilated pupils: Are we done? We have looked at the pupillary...
The Cervical Spine: The Iconoclasm Continues
In recent blogs I suggested that clinically significant C spine injuries can be excluded by...
How Important is a C-Spine Collar….really?
In preparation for EMCORE Hong Kong 2018, I took some time to sit down and...
Cervical spine clearance in the intoxicated patient
The most commonly used c spine clearance rules exclude or mandate imaging in the case...
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Traumatic Head Injury: Mannitol Anyone?
A/Prof Peter Kas takes us into the head injury scenario where there is suspected raised…
Unstable Trauma Patient: The Surgeon wants a CT
Introduction What if we had a tool that allowed identification of haemorrhage source, in trauma…
Trauma Resuscitation
A/Prof Peter Kas looks at some of the important evidence based trauma resuscitation measures we…