A wonderful opportunity recently emerged that offered a chance to review and improve my knowledge on using chlorine for water…
2015 November
An interesting study on cleaning surgical instruments in austere environs: http://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(15)00146-5/abstract?elsca1=etoc&elsca2=email&elsca3=1080-6032_201512_26_4_&elsca4=Sports%20Medicine%7CPublic%20Health%7CEmergency%20Medicine#/article/S1080-6032(15)00146-5/fulltext?mobileUi=1
The Zika virus has been found and transmitted in Columbia. Here is a nice link to the details and a…
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine has some really cool cards looking at pain management. Not only are they well laid…
Ten skills for expedition doctors is a terrific article from an experienced expedition doc. Covering basic skills from splints to…
An interesting look at cancer spread from an intestinal tapeworm in an HIV positive Colombian man. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/11/04/cdc-details-bizarre-unsettling-case-of-41-year-old-man-infected-with-cancer-cells-from-tapeworm/
Hemorrhagic fever as yet undiagnosed in Sudan- https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/health-minister-recognises-haemorrhagic-fever-in-darfur And Pro-Med’s report can be read here: http://www.promedmail.org/post/3760440 Obviously, concern for Ebola…