Alexander Wood
Alexander Wood (1817-1884) was a Scottish physician. Inventor of the first hypodermic needle (1853), taking the 'sting of the bee' as his model
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Francis Rynd
Francis Rynd (1801 – 1861) was an Irish physician. Arguably the inventor of the hypodermic needle, performing and recording the results of the first hypodermic injection on June 3rd 1844.
Defibritazer BP50KV
It is a situation you, as the UCEM Waiting Room trainee sees every day. An 86 year old Gold Card holder on a pillow in the Imminent Collapse Unit is looking agitated and psychotic. She is riddled with track marks, and…
New Equipment Purchasing
Equipment. Asses need; funding; purchase and implementation; education; asses benefits (audit, satisfaction, cost-benefit analysis)
Lies, Damned Lies and Monitors
Rick Abbott — LITFL's American ER Doc Gone Walkabout — relates his experience with lies, damned lies and monitors.