If you are a regular reader then you will know that I have been spruiking lung ultrasound for a few years now. In fact I wrote this post [ Ultrasound for pneumonia – sounds crazy? ] way back in early 2012. There continues to be a slow trickle of studies looking at US for pneumonia – and […]
PODCAST: Pushing Pressors in the Periphery
May 19, 2015 By 11 Comments
The mantra of the Broome Docs site is “bringing great care, out there.” And today’s topic goes right to the heart of that theme. It is one of my pet topics – so apologies in advance if the rant is too long or detailed. This is a discussion about the early management of septic patients. […]
Clinical Case 110: Sepsis, Scans and Surgeons
January 4, 2015 By 8 Comments
Here is a case that may keep you guessing. One for the US nerds. Here we go: 25 year old tourist – visiting the town, she has been backpacking for 6 months and the history is a little vague… but basically she thinks she may have had a miscarriage about 5 months ago. She had […]
Processing ProCESS: what does it mean for the small ED?
April 15, 2014 By 2 Comments
Gday. Welcome back. It has been a slow month on the blog as I recover from the wonderful exertions of the SMACC GOLD conference. After last week’s post on knowledge translation into the bush – this week I am jumping right in and aiming to translate some of the latest into your practice! This is […]
Lactate PK by Dr Laura Castle
July 18, 2013 By 1 Comment
Welcome back to our third and final PK presentation from the recent ACEM Winter Symposium in Broome. Dr Laura Castle is a JMO in the Broome ED and I gave her the challenge of covering everything to do with “lactate” in 6mins and 40 secs. Now there is a lot of physiology, controversy and practicality […]
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