Here’s a patient presentation, I have residents and registrars discuss with me frequently. An elderly patient who had a mechanical fall at home is b...

Patients with acute aortic syndrome, may be very difficult to diagnose. Patients who present with textbook ripping severe chest pain and accompanyin...

Syncope has three components: (15 minutes read)

1. Loss of consciousness
2. Loss of postural tone and
3. Return to baseline

Patients with syncope com...

Here is a common scenario: The resident presents a case of a 58 yo patient who has presented with shortness of breath. They go over the examination,...

The 'zero-point survey' is the pre-primary survey. It is about preparing self, the team, the environment and the equipment. It is a 'cognitive roadmap...

Survival from out of hospital cardiac arrest varies from region to region. This makers sense as it depends on resources, such as medical and nursing s...

The Study
Cohen AL et al. Femoral artery Doppler ultrasound is more accurate than manual palpation for pulse detection in cardiac arrest. Resuscitati...

Non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) accounts for 5% of acute headache presentations to the emergency department. The urgency to make a diagno...

Advanced airway is seen as a definitive and reliable means of establishing protected ventilation and oxygenation. It has been shown to improve ROSC...

This is a review of the Pragmatic Trial Examining Oxygenation Prior to Intubation (PREOXI) trial(1). (12 minute read)

The aim of this trial was to ...

Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT), is a non-ischaemic tachyarrhythmia, with which patients, not uncommonly, present to the emergency d...

The HALT-IT Trial(1) is an important trial and one we should know well. It looks at the use of Tranexamic Acid (TXA) in gastrointestinal bleeding. P...