Philip Drinker
Philip Drinker (1894 - 1972) was a chemical engineer, father of American Industrial Hygiene and inventor of the Drinker respirator in 1928 and pioneer
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Adult CXR Cases 019
October 2021 Adult Emergency Medicine Chest X-ray interpretation with Daniel Escobar, MD and Breeanna Lorenzen MD
Bier Block
Bier Block; Intravenous regional anaesthesia (IVRA) provides a simple, safe technique for various surgeries on the upper and lower limbs. First performed by Bier in 1908 and fell into disuse
Mindfulness: Airway, Breathing…
Mindfulness and the emergency clinician, chapter 3. Your first mindfulness exercise. Airway, breathing...mindfulness.
John Haven Emerson
John Haven "Jack" Emerson (1906 – 1997) was an American inventor and humanist. Inventor of the Emerson Iron Lung in 1931, and holder of 35 medical based equipment patents
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 336
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 336 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind, enter the medical trivia of FFFF.
Mindfulness: the terminology of stress
Mindfulness and the ED Doctor, chapter 2. Examining how our default reaction patterns can be changed with the practice of mindfulness
Mindfulness and the ED Doctor
Mindfulness and the ED Doctor. Why should I need mindfulness, as an ED Clinician? The answer is, of course you don’t – if you see no value in it for you...
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 335
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 335 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind, enter the medical trivia of FFFF.
Peter Kerley
Sir Peter James Kerley (1900-1979) was an Irish radiologist. Kerley was widely published including describing (but not naming) his eponymous lines firstly in 1933 and then in again his textbook in 1950, and widely about TB diagnosis. Kerley lines A, B and C
Ralph Huber
Ralph L Huber (1890-1953) was an American Dentist and inventor. Created Huber-point needle (1943, patent 1945) commonly known as TUOHY needle
Edward Tuohy
Edward Boyce Tuohy (1908 – 1959) American anaesthesiologist. Best known for contribution to continuous epidural anaesthesia; Tuohy needle