Emergency Live

APRIL 10, 2024

An incident with few precedents: a violent explosion devastates the Bargi hydroelectric plant A catastrophic event struck the Bargi (Italy) hydroelectric plant on Tuesday, April 9, around 2:30 p.m. An explosion of a turbine on the eighth floor triggered a fire and flooded the floor below. Twelve technicians from various companies were working on improvements […] The post Tragedy at Bargi Hydroelectric Power Plant appeared first on Emergency Live.

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EMDocs

APRIL 10, 2024

Authors: Alex Rogers, MD (EM Resident Physician, Christus Spohn/Texas A&M University School of Medicine, Corpus Christi, TX); J.D. Cambron, DO (EM Attending Physician, Christus Spohn/Texas A&M University School of Medicine, Corpus Christi, TX)// Reviewed by: Anthony Spadaro, MD (@TSpadaro91, Medical Toxicology Fellow, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ); James Dazhe Cao, MD (@JamesCaoMD, Associate Professor of EM, Medical Toxicology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX)

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Science Based Medicine

APRIL 10, 2024

We are living in a time of technology advancing so rapidly it is challenging to keep up. This has multiple ramifications, and in the area of biomedical research, there is an important ethical and regulatory dimension. Confronting the ethical considerations of our own technology is nothing new, and fresh debate seems to erupt with every new development – including in-vitro fertilization, transplanting […] The post The Ethics of Artificial Brains first appeared on Science-Based Medicin

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Intensive Blog

APRIL 10, 2024

As prepared by Chris Nickson, here are the practice written questions from a recent CICM Second Part exam practice session at The Alfred ICU, with recommended reading from LITFL.com Critical Care Compendium and other FOAM sources: Q1. Critically evaluate the role of “driving pressure” measurement in the care of mechanical ventilated patients. Driving pressure Q2.

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EMergucate

APRIL 10, 2024

Simulation report 4/4/24, In situ sim ED JHC Hi everyone, Thank you so much for participating and helping … Continue reading →

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PHARM

APRIL 10, 2024

Alongside his colleague Fred MacSorley, Dr John Hinds, became famous as one of the Flying Doctors. Mounted on motorcycles and carrying bright orange packs stuffed with medical equipment, the pair provided the fastest medical response in world motorsport, saving countless lives at Irish bike races over the past decade. But tragically, the 35-year-old John was tracking a group of riders during a practice session at the Skerries 100 on 4 July this year when he inexplicably crashed his S1000RR BMW a

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PHARM

APRIL 10, 2024

Dr. John Hinds Scholarship Award 2024 – Galen Pharma — Read on www.galen-pharma.

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