Hi Everyone, This week we have a great four person discussion around the importance of assembling the right team when confronted with a high risk complex case in the after […]
Hi everyone, Welcome to part 2 of our series on cell salvage in obstetrics and gynaecology! Last week we had a great discussion on the basics of cell salvage and […]
Hi Everyone, Welcome to part 1 of a two part series on the use of cell salvage in obstetrics & gynaecology! This week Part 1 focuses on the basics of […]
(*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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
(*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 […]
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 […]
(*Fictitious case) You are contacted by the ultrasound department – they have just completed a formal scan on an urgent referral and want to discuss their findings with you urgently. […]
Hi everyone, This weeks post is part 2 of the 5th in my mini series on patient blood management in obstetrics and gynaecology. We discuss some of the strategies we […]