Canadian dispatches from medical fronts: Fort McMurray

Criteria for cancelling helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) dispatches.

INTRODUCTION In The Netherlands there is no consensus about criteria for cancelling helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) dispatches. This study assessed the ability of the primary HEMS dispatch criteria to identify major trauma patients. The predictive power of other early prehospital parameters was evaluated to design a safe triage model for HEMS dispatch cancellations. METHODS All t...

Paradigm change in 3D inversion of airborne EM surveys: case study for oil sands exploration near Fort McMurray, Alberta

1 Technoimaging, 4001 South, 700 East, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, USA 2 University of Utah, 1450 East, 100 South Salt Lake City, UT 84102, USA. 3 Quantec Geoscience, 146 Sparks Ave, Toronto, Ontario M2H 2S4, Canada. * Corresponding author, E-mail: [email protected] Paradigm change in 3D inversion of airborne EM surveys: case study for oil sands exploration near Fort McMurray,...

Dispatches from abroad: laughter amid the land mines.

Dispatches from abroad: aground in a sea of TB.

ral Sea, Karakalpakstan — It's another punishingly hot day as I make my way to the project sites for a routine supervisory visit. Médecins sans Frontières is in this remote , semi-autonomous region of Uzbekistan to help the local Ministry of Health combat a frightening tuberculosis epidemic. By training local health care workers and providing drugs, laboratories , and water and sanitation upgra...

Dispatches from the Interface of Salivary Bioscience and Neonatal Research

The emergence of the interdisciplinary field of salivary bioscience has created opportunity for neonatal researchers to measure multiple components of biological systems non-invasively in oral fluids. The implications are profound and potentially high impact. From a single oral fluid specimen, information can be obtained about a vast array of biological systems (e.g., endocrine, immune, autonom...