Learning Objectives

• Describe the role of an emergency physician
• Interpret a blood gas in a systematic way in order to identify the 4 common blood gas abnormalities and their differential diagnoses.
• Describe and calculate the anion gap and expected respiratory compensation using Winter’s formula in metabolic acidosis
• Describe the key principles of triage and apply the Australian Triage scale to a variety of clinical scenarios
• Label the key anatomical parts of the airway (10 key anatomical parts)
• Describe key differences between paediatric and adult airway anatomy
• Describe the LEMON approach to airway assessment
• Describe the clinical features and initial management of 7 important conditions causing stridor
• Define anaphylaxis and describe initial emergency management

Emergency Medicine & Triage

• what are the roles of an emergency physician?
• what is triage?
• what are 4 key principles of triage?
• Australian Triage Scale
• what is the goal of the NEAT target?

Arterial Blood Gas

• how do you interpret an ABG (4 steps)?
• what does metabolic acidosis look like?