The Beaver Medic

Quote of the Week Sept. 1

The Beaver Medic — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:00:58 +0000

An ugly fact slaying a wonderful hypothesis.

Discussing the ross procedure. Take out the Pt pulmonic valve, put it into the aortic position. Than put in a prosthetic valve into the pulmonary position. Called the Ross procedure. U of A grand rounds Dr. Joseph Alpert University of Arizona.

Quote of the Week – Aug 25th

The Beaver Medic — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:00:07 +0000

http://www.podmedics.com/podcasts/medicine/haematology/248-anaemia-a-fresh-overview

Its basically exactly as it says on the tin.

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Quote of the Week – Aug 18th

The Beaver Medic — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:00:46 +0000

“After supper, everybody goes into their rooms and switches on their TV. I’m telling you that TV got us, we’re hooked on that TV.”

Mr. Petehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8648725.stm

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Quote of the Week – Aug 11th

The Beaver Medic — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:00:25 +0000

Train like your life depends on it. Because it does.

William ‘Trey’ Nelms III, Truck 3, Nashville fire.watch?v=jCzviBJxnqU&feature=player_embedded#!

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Quote of the Week – Aug 4th

The Beaver Medic — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:00:42 +0000

It’s not about my ego, it’s about patient care.

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Quote of the Week – July 28th

The Beaver Medic — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:30:50 +0000

In 1862, Samuel Gross described shock as the “rude unhinging” of the machinery of life.

CB Cairns article (free public access)

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Quote of the Week – July 21st

The Beaver Medic — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:30:30 +0000

Repetition of error is not experience

February, 2008 JEMS conference in Baltimore.

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Quote of the Week – July 14th

The Beaver Medic — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:30:02 +0000

I also have what I call the “Poor Man’s X-Ray”. If someone thinks that something’s broken on their body, I grab it, give it a good squeeze and a shake, and ask them if it hurts. If they say “Yea that hurts” it’s probably not fractured. If they say “YEeeeeEEaaargh!!!” it probably is.

Life under the lights post

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Quote of the Week – July 7th

The Beaver Medic — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:29:24 +0000

The evidence strongly suggests that all diets work (when they do) by reducing caloric intake – period. Everything else is the unnecessary ritual that derives from the dubious fluff “theory” that is used to market the diet. There are techniques that genuinely help people to control their caloric intake, like tracking their food intake and meal replacements, but theories about low carb, low fat, avoiding or eating specific foods, eating at times of day, etc. are all irrelevant variables.

Neurologica blog post

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Quote of the Week – June 30th

The Beaver Medic — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:00:35 +0000

Since the time of the French Revolution, ideological opinions have been classified most often in terms of a single left-right dimension. This usage derives from the fact that late-eighteenth century supporters of the status quo sat on the right side of the French Assembly hall and its opponents sat on the left.

This little tidbit is more trivia than EMS/fire service knowledge. It was from an Annual review of Psychology article I had to read for a social psychology class. The article was incredibly boring (as I find most social psychology articles) but this little gem stood out. I, previously, had no idea why liberal and conservatives were referred to as left and right wing. You really do learning something every day!

The article was Jost et al (2009). Political ideology: Its structure, functions, and elective affinities. Annual review of psychology, 60. 307-337. doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163600

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