Medical Student Articles & Analysis
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When you're just starting out in the world of healthcare, whether as a nursing student, medical trainee, or phlebotomy learner, few things feel as nerve-racking as your first needle insertion. ...
By 1915, the most prominent expert on coagulation was William Howell at John Hopkins. A young medical student named Jay McLean entered Howell’s lab. He was successful in isolating a phosphatide from the liver that was identified as an antithrombin and called ...
SFM has been producing alginate products since the early 1980’s and still to this day alginates are an important product for our business. Alginate dressings are classed as ‘advanced wound care’, a label that up until now I have strongly disagreed with. How can a relatively simple dressing be thought of as ‘advanced’ in the current market? With newer ...
Medication suture dates several centuries ago, but it has improved with time. ...
Medical students can hone their skills not just in college or operating rooms but also at home. ...
You've probably heard amazing stories of surgeons performing successful, yet extremely delicate and risky procedures such as open-heart surgery, separation of conjoined twins, craniotomy, thoracic aortic dissection repair, oesophagectom, spinal osteomyelitis surgery, and many more. As a medical student, you wonder how a surgeon can do such an incredible job. ...
A suture practice kit is a must-have for anyone who's aspiring to become a medic, veterinarian or physician. It should be noted that not all suture kits are alike, and you'll find that some are better than others. ...
If you're a medical student and you're trying to take your skills to the next level, you might be wondering how to practice suturing so that you can do it more effectively in a hospital setting. Fortunately, education has come a long way when it comes to effectively teaching students how to do such things. However, that doesn't mean that you ...
The design goal was to empower healthcare workers at all levels of expertise to make life-altering decisions at the point of care — while removing the technical barriers and capital outlays contributing to the high cost of healthcare. Thus, began the process of designing a handheld ultrasound device. The developers were Dr. Amin Nikoozadeh, of Stanford University and founder ...
Persons in hospitals and other medical-related fields who may be exposed to glutaraldehyde include: Medical Students and Teachers Cold Sterilization Staff Operating Room Personnel Dialysis Personnel Intensive Care-Infection Control Staff Histology Lab Technicians Medical Researchers Central Service and Maintenance ...
Eye, throat and lung irritation has often been traced to glutaraldehyde. Some medical schools have introduced glutaraldehyde in cadavers for student laboratories but the results have been mixed both as tissue preservation and as an irritant. ...
During the podcast, Neel described how he got into the healthcare industry. Neel joined the medical sector as a grad student in Biomedical Informatics. He planned to pursue something related to fundamental and applied science. ...
It is now used in many hospitals around the world with several installed in the UK. Thanks to developments in medical IT, there is now easy to use procedure planning software such as Renishaw'sneuroinspire™ for stereotactic procedures. ...