Science Is Not Just A Matter Of Opinion
The Trumps of this world, who now control all three branches of our government, act as if there are no scientific facts, just scientific opinions. And everyone is entitled to have his own opinion.
Perhaps this should occasion no surprise. Science is a latecomer and stepchild in human intellectual history. Narrative myth was the first, and is still the predominant, way we make sense of our bewildering world.
Humans are natural storytellers who create plausible and comforting explanations for things we don't understand. Scientific thinking is much less natural to us and use of the scientific method (systematic gathering, o...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 5, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Coagulation complications following trauma - Martini WZ.
Traumatic injury is one of the leading causes of death, with uncontrolled hemorrhage from coagulation dysfunction as one of the main potentially preventable causes of the mortality. Hypothermia, acidosis, and resuscitative hemodilution have been considered... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Hypothermia and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Hypothermia and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Dr Lowenfels comments on a study, published in JAMA, that examined whether therapeutic hypothermia benefited the survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest.Medscape General Surgery (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - December 1, 2016 Category: Intensive Care Tags: General Surgery Viewpoint Source Type: news
Study protocol - A systematic review and meta-analysis of hypothermia in experimental traumatic brain injury: Why have promising animal studies not been replicated in pragmatic clinical trials? - Hirst TC, Watzlawick R, Rhodes JK, Macleod MR, Andrews PJ.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and permanent disability. Systemic hypothermia, a treatment used in TBI for many decades, has recently been found to be associated with neutral or unfavourable clinical outcomes despite apparently prom... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 30, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Fire Hoses Used on North Dakota Pipeline Protestors
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Authorities on Monday defended their decision to douse protesters with water during a skirmish in subfreezing weather near the Dakota Access oil pipeline, and organizers said at least 17 protesters were taken to the hospital — including some who were treated for hypothermia.
Protesters trying to push past a long-blocked bridge on a state highway late Sunday and early Monday were turned back by authorities using tear gas, rubber bullets and water hoses.
At least 17 protesters were injured severely enough to be taken to hospitals, said Dallas Goldtooth, an organizer with the Indigenous Environmen...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - November 21, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JAMES MacPHERSON and BLAKE NICHOLSON, Associated Press Tags: News Patient Care Source Type: news
