Clinical Aspects of COVID19 Summary The name of the virus is “SARS-CoV-2 and the disease caused by it is COVID-19…
Katerina Papadopoulou
The moment someone’s heart stops, they’re legally dead. Whether they stay dead or can be quickly revived, depends largely on…
New concern for Zika virus causing microcephaly is emerging from Brazil. This condition has a profound effect on infants causing…
A dramatic example of under-penetration of vaccines into the community combined with vaccine associated illness: Read This: “Ukraine’s Crazy Polio…
A wonderful opportunity recently emerged that offered a chance to review and improve my knowledge on using chlorine for water…
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/