First news of results from suspended animation study using therapeutic hypothermia for victims of traumatic cardiac arrest coming to light. Can we elongate the perimortem period? Timely given hypovolemia theme at @IofPHC#goldenhour conference.
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Boomer, a K9 officer in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, is retiring after a long, faithful career of sniffing out illegal narcotics. https://t.co/1K5AXnGKTl
Portable MRI unveiled. Incredibly affordable (< $70k), runs on 110v AC, no magnetic field... @HyperfineR this is disruptive technology! @jemsconnect
@Obidoc@MedicCop If the lung tissue is injuried the occlusive dressing is, in their opinion, just the creator of the TP. I follow EBM and as such that is not my opinion. I am a big believer of the use of an occlusive, burping, needle decompression, finger thoracotomy and chest tubes...
@Obidoc@MedicCop The evidence I am referring to is from studies in 2017 and 2013 which all refer to non-vented seals causing the development of a TP. The vented seals do work per the same studies. What I was commenting on is that I have heard (first hand) rumbling from some trauma surgeons that..
@777adventurekim@MedicCop Have you found that the flutter valve gets clotted off easily when you have used it? That has been the major problem in most of the "flutter" valve seals.
@777adventurekim@MedicCop Interesting.. I carry a similar thing here except with moleskin (blister prevention) in my recce bag. I have the philosophy of every item must have 2 uses or it isnt in my kit. Only a few exceptions...
@MedicCop Use is not 100% the answer. I have seen more TQs used with industrial accidents, knife battery, vehicle accidents then I have ever seen with GSWs (and I am in the US). We (the educators) should stress training on wound packing, chest seals and TQ use for all responders...
@MedicCop We do stress TQs alot for PD use and they do place them on injuries that do not need a TQ but I would rather they place them on all the injuries then none at all. I also agree that the injury patterns for the civilian population is different than the military sector and TQ ....
To create the Sweet Toast of American Oak, virgin oak barrels were brought from Kentucky all the way to Scotland. The last bit of the journey is up to you.
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Back in the summer you lovely #Twitter peeps helped me at a very dark time. I wrote a little blog post to say #ThankYou 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 🥰🥰🥰 #SchnauzerGang#Dogs https://t.co/gm614CtPRQ