Fast Friday #3 – Principles of Burns Management
A 18-year-old male has been brought to your rural Emergency Department suffering 35% TBSA Burns. What are the key management principles when managing this patient?
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Category: Critical Care
Fast Friday #2 – Massive Amlodipine Overdose
An 80-year-old patient presents with an intentional overdose of Amlodipine. What is you approach? What are your management priorities?
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Fast Friday #1 – T2DM, ‘High’ BSL
Dr Luke Phillips Emergency Physician Peer review: Dr David McCreary Welcome to Fast Fridays – a...
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Laryngospasm
Dr Hector Thomson Emergency Registrar Peer review: Dr David McCreary On a recent anaesthetic...
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Thombolysis for Pulmonary Embolism
Dr Eanna Mac Suibhne Emergency Registrar Peer review: Dr David McCreary The Case Gerard is a...
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TBI Herniation Syndromes (Part 2: Management)
In part 1 we described some of the key concepts of identifying signs of raised ICP and discussed some of the herniation syndromes. Now let’s take a look at the key concepts of managing patients with raised ICP in the ED.
During your primary survey, you noticed his left pupil is dilated and non-reactive.
Respiratory Failure Post Thoracocentesis
THE CASE: A 60-year-old female presents to the Emergency Department with progressive shortness of breath over several months. On assessment in the emergency department, she had marked shortness of breath at rest and oxygen saturations of 90% on room air. A portable erect chest X-Ray was performed.
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