Snellen chart
Snellen chart: history of visual acuity testing from Hooke to ETDRS, with key milestones, optotype design, and contributions from Snellen, Donders, Sloan
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SimCase 001
Critical Care SimCase 001: febrile patient with severe hypoxaemia and acidaemia. Work through ventilator setup, escalation, and troubleshooting.
Greta Beighton
Greta Beighton (1939–2017), English nurse and genetic researcher who co-developed the Beighton Score for joint hypermobility and contributed to clinical genetics in South Africa.
Beighton Score
The Beighton Score is a simple, numerical index which is used to express the range and severity of joint movements in normal and affected persons.
Peter Beighton
Peter Beighton (1934–2023) was a clinical geneticist known for research on inherited skeletal disorders and co-developing the Beighton Score for joint hypermobility.
Mary Holt
Mary Clayton Holt (1924-1993), English cardiologist. Holt-Oram syndrome (1960); pioneer in cardiac rehab and advocate for women in medicine.
Out-Sleep the Competition: Part 2
Out-Sleep the Competition. The Top ten tips to attain the 80/20 of elite sleep. The Pareto Principle for peak performance.
Peter Safar
Peter Safar (1924–2003), father of modern resuscitation, pioneered CPR, ICUs, paramedic training, and therapeutic hypothermia.
Quincke’s Triad
Quincke's Triad describes hemobilia via the triad of GI bleeding, biliary colic, and jaundice; first detailed by Heinrich Quincke in 1871, named retrospectively in 1975
Romberg Sign
Romberg’s sign: a classic neurological test detecting proprioceptive loss by demonstrating postural instability with eyes closed.
Out-Sleep the Competition: Part 1
Out-Sleep the Competition. Sleep as a Peak Performance State. Can you remember the last time you woke feeling sharp, clear, and fully charged?
Max Brödel
Max Brödel (1870–1941), father of modern medical illustration, founded Johns Hopkins’ art in medicine department and pioneered the carbon dust technique.