Dear members, We hope that everybody is keeping well during this unique time. As the title would have suggested, we at the RPH RMO society are currently in the midst of preparing to restart the education section on this webpage. It can be accessed through the menu above. We would like to thank Emma Lancaster for sharing her ED Education […]
CTEC at the University of Western Australia is pleased to advise that registrations are now open for the February 2019 workshops. Head on over to the CTEC website to browse the available courses!
Date: Saturday 10th December 2016 Time: 19:00 ’til late Venue: Bayside Kitchen, 8 Hackett Drive, Crawley, WA 6009 Dress code: Cocktail Attire (no jeans please) Cost: Social club members $30 Non-members $55 Ticket price includes two drinks tickets, food and a bus into town to continue the festivities!! To purchase tickets go to www.trybooking.com, click on ‘buy tickets’ and search for ‘Royal Perth ED […]
History: A 39 year old highly functioning professional female is brought to ED complaining of abdominal pain and nausea. She has a VBG performed. pH 7.29 Na 138 mmol/L pCO2 28 K 1.4 mmol/L pO2 51 Cl 111 mmol/L HCO3 14 Creatinine 126 mmol/L Glucose 5.7 mmol/L Lactate 1.6 mmol/L Her baseline creatinine was 62 three months ago.
STEM: A 16yr old female presented to the emergency department at 0100 after taking an overdose of paracetamol. She is normally fit and well with no past medical history. She is alert and looks well, with normal vital signs. She has taken standard immediate-release paracetamol – 40x500mg at 1930 and 20x500mg at 2200. [expand title = “RESUSCITATION”] A / B / C […]
History: A 42yr female was brought to ED as a priority 1 trauma after she was found on the floor at home. History of alcohol abuse drinking at least 2 bottles of wine per day. GCS12 (E3 V4 M5), confused. Bilateral raccoon eyes. pH 7.59 Na 105 mmol/L pCO2 45 K 2.6 mmol/L pO2 50 Cl 49 mmol/L HCO3 43 […]
History: An obese 57yr male presented with a deliberate self-harm attempt of 5 days’ worth of his blister pack medications at 10pm.= Total doses ingested shown below: Perindopril 20mg Metformin 15g Allopurinol 1500mg Sodium Valproate 10g Zopiclone 37.5mg Thyroxine 250mcg Aspirin 500mg Lorazepam 5mg Gliclazide 300mg Rosuvastatin 200mg Quetipaine 250mg Sitagliptin 500mg Ferrous sulphate (elemental iron 105mg per tab) 525mg […]