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Interpreting an ECG
The ECG (electrocardiogram) is divided into three main sections: the P wave, the QRS complex, and the T wave. During the phase known as the P wave, the atria contract. The QRS complex is the ventricular contraction, and the T wave is what is known as ventricular re-polarization—essentially the ventricles preparing for the next contraction.
1. VOMERONASAL ORGAN (VNO), or Jacobson’s organ: a tiny hole on each side of the nasal bridge that is considered to be connected to nonfunctional chemical receptors. Could be all that is left from our once great ability to detect pheromones.
2. EXTRINSIC EAR MUSCLES: These three muscles most…
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Match the Antidote to its Offender! (answers below)
1. n-acetylceysteine (Mucomyst)
2. glucagon
3. deferoxamine
4. 100% O2
5. naloxone (Narcan)
6. flumazenil (Romazicon)
7. protamine sulfate
8. vitamin K
9. physostigmine sulfate
10. calcium gluconate
A. benzodiazapines
B. opioids
C. iron
D. magnesium sulfate
E. heparin
F. carbon dioxide
G. warfarin (Coumadin)
H. acetaminophen
I. beta blockers, calcium channel blockers
J. anticholinergics
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This is my life philosophy. Above love, above friends, above family, above care for myself. It may be unwise to value learning so highly above all else, but I can’t help it. I have an insatiable curiosity about nearly everything. It lessens for matters of pop culture and many hobbies, but that doesn’t mean I am uninterested. Learning fights ignorance. Learning helps you develop as a person and helps develop your culture. Scientific advancements, ethical advancement, philosophical advancements… The more we learn, the more this becomes possible. The best advice I can give anyone is to never stop asking questions. However, learning has to be a balance of asking and believing. If you believe nothing, you will learn nothing. Questioning others is an important concept, but if you disbelieve everything they say, then what is the point of questioning? As a future physician, I hope all my patients ask questions; not only to me, but to others. I hope they ask questions to friends and family, textbooks, the internet… Doctors are not all-knowing and most of them realize they never will be. Take an interest in your own education. Read the newspaper. Read wikipedia. Watch documentaries. Write a research paper. Never stop asking questions. Never stop learning.
The book Medical Innovations in Humanitarian Situations explores how the particular style of humanitarian action practiced by MSF has stayed in line with the standards in scientifically advanced countries while also leading to significant improvements in the medical care delivered to people in crisis.
Through a series of case studies, the authors reflect on how medical aid workers dealt with the incongruity of practicing conventional evidence-based medicine in contexts that require unconventional approaches.
You can purchase the book on Amazon for about $6, download a PDF of it for free, or read it online.
Thanks guys.
So tempted to buy this. I love books.
Prenatal spina bifida surgery.
It’s fascinating how far medicine has come in recent years.
"Medicine is the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence."
— James Bryce, 1914
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