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Prof Peter Cameron
Oct 21, 20216 min read
Journal Club - October 2021
The Journal Club Podcast for October 2021. Listen to the podcast and have a read of our summary below, courtesy of our senior registrar f...
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Dr Danny Marhaba
Oct 6, 20212 min read
ALTITUDE SICKNESS
A great talk from Dr Danny Marhaba on Altitude Sickness. Albeit not a presentation we will see often in Australia, but an important one n...
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Dr David McCreary
Sep 2, 20214 min read
Respiratory Failure following Thoracocentesis: Re-Expansion Pulmonary Oedema
THE CASE: A 60-year-old female presents to the Emergency Department with progressive shortness of breath over several months. On assessme...
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Dr Emma Bellenger
Aug 20, 20215 min read
WILL THAT SCAN GIVE ME CANCER?
Every day I send patients for x-rays or CT scans to help with the diagnosis of various conditions. I often mention the “risk of radiatio...
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Dr. Elizabeth Sheffield
Aug 5, 20218 min read
IV FLUID ADMINISTRATION: PAEDIATRIC & NEONATAL
Dr. Elizabeth Sheffield Senior Registrar PEER REVIEW: Dr Emma Bellenger Editor: DR DAVID MCCREARY CASE OF THE DAY: You’re on night shift...
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DR CONOR MCDERMOTT
Jul 23, 20215 min read
DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE MANAGEMENT IN THE ED
Pelvic fractures are pretty common, particularly if you work in a trauma centre. From a trauma resuscitation perspective, we're usually m...
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Dr. Elizabeth Sheffield
May 4, 20217 min read
NECK RADIOGRAPHS: THE STRIDULOUS CHILD
So, behold the soft tissue x-rays. This is a historical Part 2 Exam favourite cropping up every few years in some form or another. Just...
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EM TRAINING
Apr 27, 20211 min read
REPLAY THE EMERGENCY REGISTRAR REGIONAL TEACHING DAY: APRIL 21 | 2021
The Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre is please to offer the opportunity to replay the online delivery of our recent Emergency Registrar...
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Cian Sullivan
Apr 27, 20214 min read
A Pain in the Neck
A 60yo M presents to the trauma centre after his 4WD vehicle collided with a semi-trailer at 90km/hr. He was entrapped in the vehicle for...
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Cian Sullivan
Apr 26, 20215 min read
Pelvic Inflammations, Representations & Examinations
A 26-year-old female represents to the ED 24 hours after an initial assessment for lower abdominal pain which was attributed to likely pe...
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Dr David McCreary
Apr 26, 20214 min read
Retrograde Urethrogram
Retrograde urethrogram is a pretty straightforward test to determine if your patient has urethral injury from their pelvic fracture.
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Cian Sullivan
Apr 26, 20215 min read
Redback Spider Bites
The red-back spider is an Australian Icon. Many young Aussies grew up checking under their toilet seats religiously for red-backs, thanks...
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Dr David McCreary
Apr 23, 20214 min read
Sunday Morning Cyclist with a Wrist Injury - Perilunate Dislocation
It’s a beautiful Sunday morning outside your ED and that can mean only one thing – the cyclists are out.
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Cian Sullivan
Mar 10, 20214 min read
Taking the Clamp off Eclampsia
I wanted to speak on some of the more quizzical parts of the syndrome. Things I would sit there pondering for hours on end in a fellowshi...
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Cian Sullivan
Dec 1, 20201 min read
LEMEKI LENOA RECEIVES ORDER TO FIJI FOR PRE-HOSPITAL CARE
Congratulations to Lemeki Lenoa a pre-hospital emergency care and major incident management specialist, and Navy Search & Rescue who...
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Cian Sullivan
Oct 29, 20201 min read
Replay the Emergency Registrar Regional Teaching Day: October 21 | 2020
APPROACH TO THE SHOCK TRAUMA PATIENT Session one of our regional registrar teaching uses a case study of an acutely unwell shock-trauma...
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Cian Sullivan
Oct 26, 20201 min read
Loss of taste and smell a strong predictor of COVID-19
Monash School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine researchers have just published data from Emergency Department (ED) attendances in...
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Cian Sullivan
Sep 24, 20202 min read
Replay the 'Compassion is Care' Webinar Series
Compassion has emerged as a prominent subject in the context of the Corona-virus pandemic. Loved ones have been unable to spend time with...
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Cian Sullivan
Sep 24, 20201 min read
IFEM: A retrospective look - 10 years later
In the summer of 2010, Emergency Physicians International (EPI) published its first edition in Singapore, in partnership with the...
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Cian Sullivan
May 7, 20202 min read
Free: iEM/Lecturio Emergency Medicine Core Content Course
The International Emergency Medicine Education Project (iEM) has been providing free emergency medicine educational resources for medical...
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