em mastery @drpeterkas

Emergency Physician, Speaker, Educator. Editor-in Chief https://t.co/56O3ok7ziJ / https://t.co/kIWhhhutY9 Convenor EMCORE Conferences https://t.co/y2MpnCKYgy resus.com.au Australia Joined July 2009

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em mastery @drpeterkas

3 days ago

We need to think about perfusion when we think about shock. This case illustrates it. It doesn’t have to be sepsis, it just needs to be hypoperfusion. #emergencymedicine #shock

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a week ago

The patient with acute onset atrial fibrillation may benefit from earlier cardioversion within the 48 hours onset period. #atrialfibrillation

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How do you remove nasal foreign bodies in kids. This little device( no interest to declare) I’ve found to be very useful. I wouldn’t use it in the ear if you don’t have a clear view of the tympanic membrane. #emergencymedicine

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em mastery @drpeterkas

2 weeks ago

How do you treat hyperkalaemia? There’s a bit of confusion out there with recent studies challenging what we’ve been doing. We also know that the evidence for much of what we do is not great. The ECG has been used as a predictor of severity but it doesn’t always show changes.…

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em mastery @drpeterkas

2 weeks ago

Do you use POCUS in Cardiac Arrest? We’re using it on various levels. We can use it to identify reversible causes such as pericardial tamponade. We can use it to confirm asystole or ‘PEA’ because we know that a significant number of patients with these diagnoses actually have…

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2 weeks ago

EMCORE London in 2026 is at the historic Royal Institution, home to the BBC Christmas Lectures and some of the most famous scientists of the last 200+ years. Faraday spoke in 1800 on electromagnetism, Thomson spoke about the concept of the electron. In 2026 leaders in Trauma, in…

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3 months ago

Non-contiguous lead STEMI. How many examples do you know. One is the ‘South African Flag’ Sign and here we discuss the Aslanger pattern for inferior infarction emmastery.org/papercut-liter… #stemi #emergencymedicine

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4 months ago

I've just put this short (14 minute) podcast on EM Mastery. The comatose, Post ROSC patient following an OHCA, is well known to us in the Emergency Department. We should manage these patients through distinct phases of: Intitial Stabilisation Optimisation Diagnosis As per…

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em mastery @drpeterkas

4 months ago

🌴 EMCORE Fiji is back! 3 days of expert teaching + island vibes 🌞 ✅ Intensive mornings. 🧠 Afternoons to unwind. 🏝 23–25 Sept 2025 | Spots filling fast! Register 👉 emcore.com.au #EMCOREFiji #EmergencyMedicine #MedicalConference #FOAMed

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em mastery @drpeterkas

4 months ago

If you’re at ICEM 2025 this year. Come by the Resuscitation, Trauma and Critical Care stream from 1.45 -3.05, on the 27th oh May, where the presentations are on Traumatised Airway, Optimising practice in Geriatric Trauma Care and I have the pleasure of presenting on ROSC: Now…

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em mastery @drpeterkas

4 months ago

Thankyou to everyone who is coming. This will be an amazing conference, with world leaders speaking. We will hear from International Emergency Physisicians, Directors of Trauma. Director of NHS, Chair of the Committee of Chiefs Military Medical Services NATO and so many more. You…

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em mastery @drpeterkas

4 months ago

EMCORE Sydney 2025 was a great conference full of learning. Here are just a little of what was covered. 1.POCUS in CARDIAC ARREST Ask 3 questions in cardiac POCUS, to simplify everything: Is there cardiac activity? Is there a pericardial effusion? Is RV > LV? Use the COACHRED…

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em mastery @drpeterkas

5 months ago

🧠 Syncopal episode? Here’s how to break it down. From cardiac red flags to benign causes—get a structured approach that works fast. Review it here 👉 resus.com.au/syncope-2/ #Syncope #EmergencyMedicine #ClinicalSkills #FOAMed

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em mastery @drpeterkas

5 months ago

POCUS during cardiac arrest can change everything! The Focused Echocardiographic Evaluation in Life support (FEEL) study showed that 38% of patients with asystole on ECG, and 58% of patients in PEA, had coordinated cardiac motion associated with increased survival. #resuscitation…

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em mastery @drpeterkas

5 months ago

I recently reviewed this interesting paper on resuscitative hysterostomy. Resuscitative Hysterotomy, previously known as perimortem caesarean section, is performed in patients of > 20 weeks gestation, in cardiac arrest, with no immediate response to resuscitation. Our goal…

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em mastery @drpeterkas

5 months ago

🚀 Upgrade your EM skills with EM Mastery. 🎓 Courses. 🎙 Podcasts. 🧠 Quizzes. All in one place. On-demand, high-impact education for the whole emergency team. Explore membership 👉 emmastery.org #EMMastery #EmergencyMedicine #ClinicalEducation #FOAMed

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em mastery @drpeterkas

5 months ago

I've just posted a review on EM Mastery on this management of hyperkalaemia paper. The heterogeneity of the studies, the massively long periods it takes for the interventions to work and the relative ineffectiveness of Ca ++ and Bicarb. Lets beware, how we interpret this study.