ISSN 1059-6518 Volume 28 Number 3 By Brandon Munsell NREMT-P , WEMT-P, SOLO Instructor A Cactus! Oh how our legs and hands quiver at the mention of these spiny land urchins…but it may well be the spike-less Pencil Cacti that should send danger signals to those who venture into the southern climates. In this article […]
ISSN 1059-651 Volume 28 Number 3 An Altitude and Depth Perspective By Jeff Toorish NREMT-P, WEMT, GeoMEDIC, I/C –A SOLO Instructor The foramen ovale is a small orifice located in the atrial septum. Its purpose is to enhance the circulation of blood during fetal development. A fetus in the womb does not use its own […]
ISSN 1059-6518 Volume 28 Number 3 By Frank Hubbell, DO May 2015 – St. John, USVI A spectacular day of snorkeling in the Caribbean Sea off the island of St. John, USVI is temporarily interrupted by an itchy, red rash on the sides and abdomen of one of the swimmers. What the heck is that […]
ISSN-1059-6518 Environmental-Related Infectious Diseases By Frank Hubbell, DO Illustrations by T.B.R. Walsh World Population is 7 billion people. Worldwide Annual Mortality Rates: Approximately 56,000,000 people die per year (a little less than 1%) Communicable Infectious Disease – deaths per year: Infectious Disease – 13.1 million deaths per year out of the 56 million Malaria – […]
