026 – Emergency Vascular Access Options and another quiz!
(*Hypothetical Case) A 26 yr old woman with a suspected ruptured ectopic pregnancy is rushed to theatre in haemorrhagic shock. The patient has a history of IVDU with a naltrexone […]
Category: Critical care
025 – obstetric induced coagulopathy with Nolan McDonnell
You are in a peripheral hospital without onsite laboratory support after hours and you are involved in the care of a young parturient with uterine atony who has now bled […]
024 – Tips for managing super morbidly obese patients
This week Graeme and I take on a big topic! (excuse the pun), You are the anaesthetic consultant on call and you are woken by your registrar at 2am who […]
023 – Stored blood versus fresh salvaged blood
Hi Everyone, Congratulations & kudos Jeremy Hickey who correctly identified that this blood gas was a sample from a unit of stored allogeneic blood, sorry we don’t have any actual […]
022 – Medical podcasts and a quiz – a discussion with Graeme
Hi everyone, Join Graeme and I this week where we discuss podcasts for medical education (& recreation). Find out who Alexander Hamilton was and what our favourite medical podcasts are […]
021 – Uterine rupture in Namibia with Dr Wynand Breytenbach
Hi everyone, This week on the podcast I have a fascinating interview with Dr Wynand Breytenbach a GP anaesthetist and obstetrician working in Narrogin WA. Join us on the podcast […]
020 – Amniotic Fluid Embolism pathophysiology with Assoc Prof Nolan McDonnell
Hi Everyone, After last weeks fascinating case discussion, Nolan and I continue with our discussion on amniotic fluid embolism. In this discussion we drill down into some of the current […]
019 – Amniotic Fluid Embolism – a case discussion with Assoc Prof Nolan McDonnell
Hi Everyone, This week we have a friend and colleague on the podcast, Assoc Prof Nolan McDonnell where he discusses a challenging case of amniotic fluid embolism which he was […]
018 – Management of the obstetric patient for whom transfusion is not an option
(*Hypothetical Case) You are an obstetrician (or anaesthetist) and you work in a peripheral hospital in a metropolitan city. You are not on call but despite this you get woken […]
017 – Prof Yee Leung Obstetric and surgical management of abnormally invasive placenta
Hi everyone, Thanks for joining us again, this week I am joined by my colleague Prof Yee Leung, Head of Gynaecological Oncology in Western Australia, to discuss the obstetric and […]