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A History of Antibiotics
What are antibiotics? How do antibiotics help the body fight off infections?
V. A. Cyr
Mar 59 min read
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A History of Surgery: Part II
How did we go from bloodletting and trepanation to C-sections and heart surgeries?
V. A. Cyr
Feb 1914 min read
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A History of Surgery: Part I
There are many reasons why a person would need surgery. What do surgical preparations look like versus post-operative care?
V. A. Cyr
Feb 125 min read
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A History of Anesthesia
What illicit drugs were used as common medicinal medications in the past? How did anesthesia advance the field of medicine through surgery?
V. A. Cyr
Jan 297 min read
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A History of Wound Care
What was used in ancient times to protect wounds and prevent infection? How is beer and wine related to wound care?
V. A. Cyr
Jan 2215 min read
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A History of ECGs
What does an ECG tracing look like, and how is it calculated? What does it mean to have a heart arrhythmia?
V. A. Cyr
Oct 9, 20249 min read
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A History of Bloodwork: Part II
Why do we test blood? What can be tested in the blood? What do all of those coloured vials mean?
V. A. Cyr
Oct 2, 20246 min read
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A History of Bloodwork: Part I
How did bloodletting become common practice? How did we go from bloodletting to modern practices of phlebotomy?
V. A. Cyr
Sep 25, 20245 min read
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A History of Respirations
Why is knowing how many breaths someone takes essential? What is incentive spirometry?
V. A. Cyr
Sep 18, 20247 min read
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A History of Temperature
Why does body temperature matter? How can hypothermia or hyperthermia affect the body? Is having a fever always a bad sign?
V. A. Cyr
Sep 11, 20249 min read
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A History of Heart Rate & Pulse Oximetry
How is pulse different than blood pressure? What is an oximetre? How does a machine on your finger tell you so much about your health?
V. A. Cyr
Sep 4, 202412 min read
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A History of Palpation & Percussion
What can palpation and percussion indicate? Why is percussion an old technique that is still taught today?
V. A. Cyr
Aug 28, 202410 min read
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A History of Blood Pressure
We have all heard 120/80, but what does that even mean? Where did blood pressure originate? What is a sphygmomanometer?
V. A. Cyr
Aug 21, 202416 min read
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A History of Auscultation
What is auscultation? Where did stethoscopes come from? How did they become the most common piece of medical equipment in healthcare?
V. A. Cyr
Aug 14, 202422 min read
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