Louis Hamman
Louis Virgil Hamman (1877–1946), Johns Hopkins physician and diagnostician, described Hamman’s sign, Hamman syndrome, and Hamman-Rich syndrome
Medical Specialty
Echo basics: Tricuspid Valve
Understand and identify the tricuspid valves. Learn how to identify and grade tricuspid regurgitation and quantify tricuspid stenosis. Basic management of tricuspid valve dysfunction.
Charles Beevor
Charles Edward Beevor (1854-1908) was an English neurologist. Beevor sign - indicating a spinal cord lesion between T10 and T12
Karel Maydl
Karel Maydl (1853–1903), Czech surgeon, pioneer of colostomy, bladder exstrophy surgery, and Maydl’s hernia; early describer of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD)
Procedure: Lateral Canthotomy
Today we cover lateral canthotomy and cantholysis, with a guide made in partnership with a recent publication in Australasian Emergency Care
Echo basics: Aortic Regurgitation
Understand and identify aortic regurgitation. Learn how to identify and grade aortic regurgitation gradient using measurements and visual clues and quantify aortic regurgitation.
Procedure: Lateral Canthotomy
Today we cover lateral canthotomy and cantholysis, with a guide made in partnership with a recent publication in Australasian Emergency Care
Dorothy H. Andersen
Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901–1963) was the first to describe cystic fibrosis, shaping paediatric pathology and breaking barriers for women in medicine.
Echo basics: Aortic Stenosis
Understand and identify aortic stenosis. Learn how to measure an accurate aortic valve gradient and calculate the aortic valve area. Be able to diagnose low-flow states and paradoxical low flow
Owen C. Ward
Owen Conor Ward (1923–2021), Irish paediatric cardiologist, co-described Romano-Ward syndrome; pioneer of children’s cardiac care and medical historian
Cesarino Romano
Cesarino Romano (1924–2008), Italian paediatrician, co-described Romano-Ward syndrome; led advances in cystic fibrosis, metabolic screening, and emergency care.
Fred Lange-Nielsen
Norwegian internist Fred Lange-Nielsen (1919–1989), co-discoverer of Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome, was a lung specialist, allergy pioneer, jazz musician, and human rights advocate.