Ep 187 Crashing Anaphylaxis – AMAX4 Algorithm and The Max McKenzie Case

Emergency Medicine Cases

Dr. Anton Helman

Education, Health & Fitness, Courses, Medicine, Science

4.7 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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I had the enormous honour of interviewing Dr. Ben McKenzie, EM physician and a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne studying the topic of resuscitation algorithms in anaphylaxis and asthma. The tragic death of his son Ben McKenzie at the age 15 from hypoxic respiratory arrest as a result of anaphylaxis and asthma in 2021 has led Dr. McKenzie on a mission to prevent deaths from anaphylaxis and asthma by educating emergency providers around the world using his AMAX4 algorithm as a framework... Please support EM Cases with a donation: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Emergency Medicine Cases podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Anton Hellman, bringing you Canada's brightest minds in emergency medicine from EMC studios in Toronto.
0:12.7	EM cases is part of SREMI, Schwartz-Risman Emergency Medicine Institute, the nonprofit organization dedicated to improving EM care through research and education.
0:21.5	The opinions expressed on this podcast are intended for information and education purposes only
0:23.5	and should not be used to diagnose, treat, or prevent any medical condition, nor should they be used as a
0:25.7	substitute for medical advice and qualified practice and physician.
0:29.4	It's a true honor to have on the show, Dr. Ben McKenzie, an emergency physician from Australia,
0:35.9	who has taken a special interest in the sickest of the sick
0:39.2	patients with anaphylaxis or asthma, the ones who are sick enough to require assisted
0:45.5	ventilation or who are unconscious and those who are in the midst of a respiratory or vasodilatory
0:53.0	arrest.
0:58.2	Dr. McKenzie, thank you so much for joining us.
1:02.6	I know this has been a long road for you and a difficult one.
1:07.9	Could you just tell us a little bit about what made you interested in the sickest patients with anaphylaxis or asthma for those listeners who haven't heard your story yet.
1:14.6	Hi, Anton. Thanks so much for having me. And hello to everyone.
1:20.5	It's two years just last weekend since my 15-year-old boy, Max, died from anaphylaxis,
1:29.7	and he didn't need to die from anaphylaxis.
1:35.2	We knew that he was allergic to walnuts,
1:38.5	and he accidentally ate some at his grandma's house,
1:42.5	and he did everything right.
1:46.1	He used his EpiPen.
1:48.2	His mum was already just around the corner to, about to pick him up.
1:54.2	And the ambulance was called promptly.
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