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the course has broad appeal and is long overdue IMHO....
I sincerely hope that the needles used for chest decompression are 5cm (2.5 inches), 14 or 16 G....anything shorted has a 65% chance of not entering the pleural space.. This has been well documented in 2 studies...the regular 1 1/4 inch that most people carry for IVs are inadequate for the chest.
ss
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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