קדם בית חולים - האיגוד הישראלי לרפואה דחופה

Dr. Jonathan Thompson dives into the fascinating world of high-altitude medicine, explaining how hypoxia affects the body and lead to conditions like acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE), and high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). He highlights how hypoxia is a universal concept relevant to emergency and critical care medicine, and that understanding altitude illness [...

“This learning material is sourced from Emergency Medicine Cases  and has been published here with permission as per Creative Commons copyright.”  Cardiac arrest care has always been about the fundamentals—high-quality CPR, timely defibrillation, and effective ventilation. But as our guest experts Dr. Sheldon Cheskes and Dr. Rob Simard make clear in this EM Cases update as we reflect on […]...