Monthly Archives: May 2009

A War Surgeon’s Perspective On Memorial Day

May 22, 2009 – 5:35 pm

(Cross Posted to Fire Engineering Editorial Blog and TKT Blog May 22, 2009)
This essay was written by Dr. John P. Pryor. He was a trauma surgeon who refused to be idle when so many wounded Americans and Iraqis could be helped by his skills. He enlisted in the Army reserve and wrote this article after [...]

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H1N1 Flu: Get Your Facts Straight

May 3, 2009 – 12:16 pm

(Posted here first, also posted on Fire Engineering Editorial Blog,  Fire Rescue1.com and linked from TKT)
 
 
Egypt ordered a mass slaughtering of pigs as a supposed precaution against swine flu.  Vice President Joe Biden told Today show host Matt Lauer that airplane and subway travel posed high risk for flu virus transmission.   An ED doc in the [...]

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