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Toxins are an important cause of cardiac arrest. Stimulants like cocaine dilate the pupils, and can cause cardiac arrest via vasospasm in the heart. Depressants like heroin constrict the pupils, and can cause respiratory arrest.

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2018-07-17

We’re delighted to have been invited to Number 10 Downing Street to celebrate the NHS’s 70th birthday! We feel privileged to support the education of Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics, Physician Associates and Pharmacists of the future. 🎉👾

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2018-07-05

Love my new render engine. Just sculpted this diagram showing the major structures that attach to the coracoid process for a paper I'm working on.

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2018-06-25

Cardiac tamponade results when extra material e.g. blood accumulates between the heart and its fibrous covering, the pericardium. The pressure crushes the heart, reducing its ability to pump blood until it arrests.

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2018-06-07

Snippet from 'causes of elevated bilirubin levels'. This yellow pigment comes from the breakdown of blood. When it’s normal path out of the body is hindered, it concentrates in unusual areas such as the whites of the eyes, skin (jaundice), and urine.

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2018-05-27

A clot in the lungs is called a pulmonary embolism (#PE). It obstructs the flow of blood, leading to death of downstream tissues. This can be a nasty complication of immobility while an ill patient is less mobile in hospital

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2018-05-16

Hypoxia animation: check for obstructed airways eg via swelling in or foreign bodies like vomit. (Clip from my H’s & T’s animated video)

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2018-05-10

Q: What has lead to this patient's appendicitis?
ANSWER: https://t.co/cfR6oUUOCp

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2018-04-13

Q: A nice little set of graphics on lung lobes on chest x-ray.
SEE IT: https://t.co/iIU4hhUVYQ

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2018-03-31

Q: Something a little different - learn all about gunshot injuries.
SEE HERE: https://t.co/I0f3kFFxHP

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2018-03-29

Q: What is the name of this classification?
ANSWER: https://t.co/uYh9b4C7CR

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2018-03-14

"You're not dead until you're cold and dead" - is one of the reversible causes of cardiac arrest. Check out my project illustrating the H's & T's here: https://t.co/1QmqySqkCW

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2018-03-03

Hypovolemia, one of the reversible causes of cardiac arrest. Check out my illustrated poster & video project on https://t.co/1QmqySqkCW

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2018-03-02

I've launched a to Illustrate a poster and video on the H's & T's: AKA reversible causes of cardiac arrest. Check it out here: https://t.co/1QmqySqkCW

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2018-03-01

Q: 😰 What underlying condition do you think this patient suffers from? ANSWER: https://t.co/dgfcji6yia

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2018-02-26

Q: What type of arthritides do this type osteophytes occur in? ANSWER: https://t.co/1DBEAiUxtB

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2018-02-25