Anna Chan: And a former special forces solider turned stuntman, is training for a death-defying jump. He plans to do two jumps from heights up to 120000 feet, thats more than 20 miles above the surface of the earth. Lets go to that story: Risking life and limb is all in a day’s work for […]
Posts with the space tag
Solving the Brand+DRTV Equation
Mixing traditional advertising agencies with DRTV specialists can be a lot like pouring oil into water. While the two substances can exist in the same container without much problem, they never truly combine into one homogeneous mixture. And while there’s no question of DRTV’s value in a brand’s overall marketing strategy, traditional agencies still tend […]
Vital Signs
A how to video for the 6 vital signs: pain, temperature ,pulse, respirations, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation There are multiple scales used for pain, whichever one you use, make sure you explain it to the client. Pain is whatever the client says it is. The tympanic and rectal sites for temperature are both about […]
Lower limb fasciotomy – Compartment syndrome
Compartment syndrome is the compression of nerves, blood vessels, and muscle inside a closed space (compartment) within the body. This leads to tissue death This is a 24 years old patient with history of a traumatic fracture of his femur, he was transferred from another hospital and when he arrived to our hospital in Quito-Ecuador […]
Alternative Treatment For High Blood Pressure – Isn’t it Time You Got Rid of the Pills?
Alternative treatment for high blood pressure is an option for many persons suffering from hypertension. Alternative treatments focus on the cause of high blood pressure rather than masking or manipulating the body’s response to the condition as pharmaceuticals do. The idea is to not only control the disease but to reverse it. This holistic approach […]
Leicester Cardiovascular BRU – University of Leicester
Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit (BRU), at the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, is part of a multi-million pound scheme to prevent, diagnose and treat ill-health and is one of 16 BRUs around England funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), a strategic research funding body within the NHS. The Glenfield Unit is a […]