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
Category Medical Specialty
Adult CXR Cases 019
October 2021 Adult Emergency Medicine Chest X-ray interpretation with Daniel Escobar, MD and Breeanna Lorenzen MD
Atrial fibrillation/flutter in pre-excitation
In patients with AF and pre-excitation, the presence of an accessory pathway allows for rapid AV conduction, with a risk of degeneration into VT and VF
Atrioventricular Re-entry Tachycardia (AVRT)
Tachyarrhythmia that occurs in patients with accessory pathways, due to formation of a re-entry circuit between the AV node and accessory pathway
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
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
COVID STEROID 2 and the non-statistically significant result
COVID STEROID 2 was recently published in JAMA. How do you interpret the study findings given the non-statistically significant primary outcome?
Simulation for Trauma Team Training
In situ simulation for Trauma Team Training by Chris Hicks. Managing difficult cases often doesn’t have anything to do with a lack of medical knowledge.
Heart HQ: GP Education
Heart HQ - Episode 6: GP Education Conference at the beautiful Novotel Twin Waters Resort on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday 23rd October.
Heart HQ: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Heart HQ - Episode 5: TAVI. We discuss Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implant (TAVI). Traditionally, open heart surgery has been the main treatment option for aortic stenosis
Heart HQ: TAVI
Heart HQ - Episode $: TAVI. We discuss Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implant (TAVI). Traditionally, open heart surgery has been the main treatment option for aortic stenosis
De Winter T Wave
First reported by de Winter in 2008, the de Winter ECG pattern is an anterior STEMI equivalent that presents without obvious ST segment elevation