Top Inspirational Emergency and Critical Care Speakers are coming to Sydney in October. Get your tickets now (early bird registrations are out but not long for this world) Dates – 26th (Workshops), 27th and 28th October 2016 Location – Luna Park, Sydney Registration and Details – CLICK HERE Thanks to Prof Paul Middleton for organising … More Resus @ the Park (Sydney): 26th – 28th October

Real-life stories to shock school students ‘bstreetsmart event’ August 16 – 18 2016 Qudos Bank Arena, Homebush NSW high school students will hear confronting real-life stories from former hospital patients, who have survived a car crash but have been left with life-long spinal or brain injuries, as part of a three-day road safety education program. … More Trauma Prevention

Originally posted on Greater Sydney Area HEMS:
Cliff Reid, Karel Habig, and Geoff Healy discuss the approach to patients with hypoxia and obstructed airways, prior to rapid sequence induction. This is all about effective basic airway management.

Background Over 95% of the total body potassium content is intracellular. The amount of potassium in the body is regulated by renal glomerular filtration and tubular potassium excretion. The steroid hormone aldosterone which enhances renal secretion of potassium. Other factors which can affect renal excretion of potassium include sodium excretion in the kidney, dietary potassium intake and … More Acute Hyperkalaemia Review