Airway – Oropharyngeal airway
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Oropharyngeal airway for upper airway obstruction (partial or complete) and reduced level of consciousness
Category Medical Specialty
Charles Brown-Sequard
Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard (1817- 1894) was a French physician and physiologist. Brown-Séquard Syndrome (1850); Brown-Séquard Elixir; hormone therapy
Airway – Nasopharyngeal airway
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Nasopharyngeal airway for upper airway obstruction (partial or complete)
Airway manoeuvres
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Airway manoeuvres for upper airway obstruction (partial or complete)
Procedure: Central Venous Catheter (IJV)
Emergency Procedure, instructions and discussion: Internal Jugular (IJV) Central Venous Catheter placement
Augusta Klumpke
Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke (1859-1927) was an American neurologist. Klumpke palsy (1885). First woman in France to receive the title of ‘interne des hôpitaux’ and the first female President of the Societé de neurologie de Paris.
Procedure: Central Venous Catheter (IJV)
Emergency Procedure: Internal Jugular (IJV) Central Venous Catheter placement
Guy Fontaine
Guy Fontaine (1936–2018), pioneer of ARVD and Epsilon wave, transformed electrophysiology through innovations in cardiac pacing, mapping, and ablation.
Guillain–Barré syndrome
Guillain-Barré syndrome is the most common and severe acute inflammatory paralytic neuropathy. The classical description of GBS involves rapidly progressive bilateral weakness, usually starting in the distal lower extremities and ascending proximally.
Frank Mallory
Frank Burr Mallory (1862–1941), American pathologist; pioneer of histological stains, Mallory bodies in alcoholic liver disease
Echo basics: Apical and Subcostal Views
Patient position coupled with probe placement and orientation for optimal apical and subcostal views
Sergei Korsakoff
Sergei Sergeievich Korsakoff (1854 - 1900) Серге́й Серге́евич Ко́рсаков Russian neuropsychiatrist, identified Korsakoff syndrome and pioneered humane psychiatric care and memory disorder research.