We all knew that hot dogs are bad for your health – they’re fatty, salty, meat-like products that are processed and processed again.  But did you know that they could kill more quickly than you might expect?  Not only can they have long term effects like clogging arteries and raising blood pressure, they pose a [...]

Just thought I’d jump on the Toyota recall bandwagon and post a little something on acceleration/deceleration injuries. First, a little about the news topic. Toyota has been dealing with recalls for several models of their 2009 and 2010 line of vehicles. We first heard of this issue several months ago. We have seen and heard [...]

Thanks Double Shot for the great info on crush injuries and Gangrene.  I just wanted to share a few thoughts I had while working in the OR here in NYC over the weekend as well as from watching some great footage of surguries in Haiti on CNN.com. So I was on call for the operating [...]

People have been trapped under the ruble for days and are being pulled out. WOW. This is called in Darwinian terms “survival of the fittest”. The healthy and strong can take a hit. And, as is always the case, the frail and debilitated don’t make it. Crush injury to the limbs causes muscle breakdown. Toxins [...]