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Seeing Peter Safar, and his work

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Research into post-arrest after-care, therapeutic hypothermia, reanimatology. 1 (2001): 17-22. Helped establish the Freedom House ambulance with paramedic level care. Expanding focus of resuscitation to include the brain: CPCR; CardioPulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation. " Peter J. " Resuscitation 50, no. Baskett, P.

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

A 2001 study described an augmented risk of myocardial infarction within the first hour of cannabis use and found an almost 5-fold increase in those who reported smoking cannabis at least weekly when compared to those who smoked monthly or less. The rhabdo is believed to be due, in part, to associated seizures, muscle tremors, and agitation.