Following last week’s Episode 127 on routes of medication administration and BLS epinephrine use, I decided to add to the discussion by expanding on the basic concepts of EMS pharmacology this week. With a focus on the dual concepts of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, this week’s show goes in close and looks at some of [...]
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The Enigma machine was once considered unbreakable, and the cracking of the “unbreakable code” by the allies changed the course of World War 2. This week on the podcast we talk to Nadia Baker from the Enigma Project about the history of codes and code-breaking, why the Enigma machine was considered unbreakable, the mathematics behind [...]
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My recent episode on how someone with a scientific mind would view the various self-help books was fun to put together and getting a good reaction among my listeners. It’s a good critical thining guide to the popular but pretty mushy thinking world of self help. I created a list of 14 things that really [...]
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In this episode of the school psychology podcast, Dr. Weisz explores psychiatry denial with a discussion of Michael Savage’s recent radio show comments about autistic children and others who have questioned the validity of mental illness or disorders, including Dr. Thomas Szasz. Dr. Weisz points out the fallacies in many of these criticisms of psychiatric [...]
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Labs, labs, labs! Unless you read lab results regularly, a review and refresher now and then is a good thing. This week on the Nursing Show podcast, we look at the red blood cell values most frequently seen in patient charts. Check out this week’s show for a review of MCV, RDW, [...]
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Episode 42 of the Brain Science Podcast is a discussion of On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not by Robert Burton, MD. This part 1 of a two part discussion of the unconscious origins of what Dr. Burton calls “the feeling of knowing.” In Episode 43 I will interview Dr. Burton. [...]
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I have posted a forum entry over at the New Media Expo Attendee forums asking if anyone would like to get together to meet up at the Expo this year. You can check out the entry at this link.
Let me know if you want to meet up and we can get together for a [...]
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Dr. Brenda Milner describes the experiments that led to a revolution in modern neuroscience…
Host: Marc Pelletier
Guest Host: Dave Brodbeck
Guest: Dr. Brenda Milner; Dorothy J. Killam Professor of Psychology, Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CA.
Throughout her 58 years at the Montreal Neurological Institute, Dr. Milner [...]
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Every EMT and paramedic learns about the various ways we give our meds to patients. Part of the process is learning about things like pharmacokinetics, pharmicodynamics, and routes of administration. This week on the MedicCast podcast for EMTs and paramedics, we review the various routes of administration. This includes the two major [...]
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, progressive disease of the central nervous system. It is also one of those diseases that medical personnel should review periodically in an effort to remain current on changes in treatments and research. This week’s Nursing Show tip of the week includes a brief review of MS and [...]
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