Heart HQ: LAA Closure
Heart HQ - Episode 11: Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure. The LAA is a small thumb-sized pouch near the top of your heart. In AF, an LAA closure procedure may be an alternative to lifelong anticoagulation
Category Medical Specialty
Willem Einthoven
Willem Einthoven (1860 – 1927) was a Dutch physician and physiologist. Invented the first practical electrocardiogram (ECG) in 1903
Network Five: Medical oncology
Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club Episode 7 - Oncology reviewing papers on frailty screening, Dexmedetomidine and immune checkpoint inhibitors
Edgar Pask
Professor Edgar 'Gar' Alexander Pask (1912-1966) was an English anaesthetist. Pask worked with Macintosh to solve multiple wartime physiology problems...
Heart HQ: DAPT and surgery
Heart HQ - Episode 10: Dual Antiplatelet Therapy, Anticoagulants and Surgery in patients with previous cardiac stents or acute coronary syndrome
Robert Reynolds Macintosh
Sir Robert Reynolds Macintosh (1897-1989) New Zealand Anaesthetist. Inventor of Macintosh Laryngoscope; gum elastic bougie; Illuminated introducer; RFD 5580 life-jacket...
Pediatric Ortho Cases 003
September 2021 Pediatric Orthopedic case interpretation - Femur injuries - with Kelsey Lena, Danielle Sutton, and Virginia Casey
Leo Schamroth
Professor Abraham Leo Schamroth (1924-1988) was a South African cardiologist.
Brian Sellick
Brian Arthur Sellick (1918 – 1996) British anaesthetist. Best known for his description of the Sellick manoeuvre and hypothermia in cardiac surgery
Heart HQ: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Heart HQ - Episode 9: Takotsubo and Perioperative Risk Assessment. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy often occurs after severe emotional or physical stress
Claude Beck
Claude Schaeffer Beck (1894-1971) was an American Cardiac Surgeon. Described two cardiac compression triads (1935); first successful use of a defibrillator on a human (1947)
Network Five: Retrieval Medicine
Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club Episode 4 - women in medicine from gender-based differences with respect to morbidity and mortality to roles in leadership