Category Archives: Tech

THAW SOME BLOOD PLEASE

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Thomas D

Cryopreserved blood can last longer, and might have superior RBC function to standard, cooled SAG-Ms. As a bonus, cryo always sounds good in a sci-fi kind of way, even if it does just mean frozen.

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EXAGGERATED REALITY

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Thomas D

Amplifying tiny details might be big. This video shows the concept of amplifying and exaggerating subtle motion or color change in video material from standard, crude digital point & shoot cameras. To do this, the MIT Computer Science and Artificial … Continue reading →

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INTRAVENOUS OXYGEN

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Thomas D

Pre-oxygenation – pffft!… Who needs that?! We’ve now got i.v. oxygen to save the patient from critical hypoxemia. Dr. Kheir was involved in an incident with a critically ill 9 month old patient who sustained brain injury after prolonged hypoxemia. … Continue reading →

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THE MEN WHO STARE AT TINY GOATS

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Thomas D

Probably to make up for the killing of goats by the First Earth Battalion, research groups have been keeping goat fetuses alive outside the womb, incubated and on ECMO via the umbilical chord.

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EYES IN THE NEEDLE

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Thomas D

A Chinese research group has developed a single crystal ultrasound transducer and put it on the end of a stylet fitting inside a standard epidural needle. The ultrasound probe will let you visualise where the tip of the needle is … Continue reading →

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JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING, DAVE?

Posted on February 20, 2012 by K

A remote controlled robotic intubation system? I don’t know if that is a good or bad idea, or if it´s even important. I do know it’s cool though. Because anything robotic is, almost by definition, cool. Anyway, it’s called the Kepler … Continue reading →

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iSIMULATE

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Thomas D

I met with my colleague Anthony Lewis and got to see an exciting new piece of iPad software he’s developed: iSimulate. It’s a patient monitor simulator to be used on its own or to enhance any mannequin set-up.

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NYSORA

Posted on February 13, 2012 by K

For anything related to regional anaesthesia or nerve blocks The New York School of Regional Anesthesia homepage is a good place to go. Excellent tutorials and videos on all relevant techniques. They post weekly (duh) Topics of the Week and … Continue reading →

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IPHONE APP: SCANDINAVIAN TRAUMA MANUAL

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Thomas D

Ullevål Trauma Manual. Strictly speaking, it’s Norwegian, but would be suitable for anyone working with trauma prehospital or in-hospital in Scandinavia. It is developed by the dept. of traumatology at Ullevål Hospital in Oslo (now a part of the fusion … Continue reading →

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M.O.A.B.

Posted on January 20, 2012 by K

I am aware of case reports of how various balloon catheters have been used to stop arterial bleeds. I didn’t know they have been used to plug the big one, the aorta. Apparently they do. I got this from a … Continue reading →

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