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iRescueRadio 029: Shark Attack Survival, Birds Falling from the Sky and Hormone Replacement Therapy

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Welcome to the 29th episode of iRescueRadio.  It’s hard to believe there have been so many, but it’s been a great run so far, each new episode is better than the last.

This episode we talk about a man who survived a shark attack.

The next topic is about birds falling from the air in Australia.

Hormone Replacement Therapy is the top medical news this week, as it, like most other things, has been linked to health problems.

The puzzler this week has to do with animal attack survival and what to do.

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iRescueRadio 028: Booster Seat Laws, Dangerous Vehicles and Car Accidents

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This episode of iRescueRadio starts with a quick discussion of the strange sounds of digestion that happen from time to time… and sometimes at the most inopportune times.

This week’s hot topic is about laws that are up for vote regarding booster seats in Michigan.  The laws are with regard to age, and not height.  If you’re shorter than 4’8″ you’re in danger of injury in a car, regardless of age, but the laws refer only to age, being 8 years of age for the cut off.

The top medical news story is a discussion of vehicles that are fun but not necessarily safe.

For the puzzler this week, if you come across a victim that was thrown from a car in traffic… what do you do?

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iRescueRadio 027: Should the Courts Have a Say in the Medical Decisions of Parents?

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This week’s episode is dedicated to one major topic.  Too big to be simply the hot topic, but it’s something much bigger.  They start out by talking a little bit about fashion, of all things, as the topic turns to motorcycles in the rain.

The main topic for this week is Daniel Hauser, a boy at the age of thirteen resisting chemotherapy, and a warrant for the arrest of his mother which cited medical neglect.

The headline is: Arrest warrant issued for mother of Daniel Hauser, 13; boy is resisting chemo for treatable cancer

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Is it the parent’s decision, or should the court have a say?

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iRescueRadio 026: Plane Crash, Microbes, Tumors and Lightning Strikes

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The 26th Episode of iRescueRadio is jam packed with many topics, starting with ProFirstAid’s appearance on The Doctors.  The hot topic is an airplane crash with a line-by-line transcript of the plane crash.

The top medical news for this week is about a woman that had microbes eating the fatty tissue inside of her.

This is followed by a conversation about the removal of a 95 pound tumor from a man.  After that is a discussion about a towel that was removed from a man’s body after 25 years.

What the heck would you do, this week, is about lightning strikes.

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iRescueRadio 025: Smells, Sales, Face Transplants and Snake Bites

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This, the 25th episode of iRescueRadio starts with a conversation about growing up and the smells associated with it.  It is followed up by a discussion on multi-level marketing sales schemes.  The next topic is about a woman that had a successful face transplant, after having been extremely disfigured.

For the stumper of the week, it’s all about a snake bite.  What do you do if you or a child is bit by a snake that you barely see before it disappears?

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iRescueRadio 024: Swine Flu Special

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This week’s episode is a little bit late, but it is a big one.  It’s all about Swine Flu and Vaccinations.  This is a mighty big episode this week, and has some great discussion.

It does start out, however, with a quick discussion of an 11-foot alligator that turned up on a woman’s doorstep in Tampa.

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iRescueRadio 023: Spruce Grows in Man’s Lung, Bed Bugs Return, Allergic Reaction to Bees?

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This episode starts with a discussion about a tree growing in a man’s lung.  He had a spruce growing, and it was five centimeters long.  That’s our top medical news of the week!

The hot topic of the week: Nocturnal bed bugs are re-emerging!  The fact that we don’t use DDT anymore, means that bed bugs have begun making a come back.

This week’s What the heck would you do?  What do you do if you get stung by a bee or a hornet and you have an allergic reaction?

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iRescueRadio 022: Somali Pirates, Nurse Fired Mid-Surgery and a Scenario

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In this week’s episode of iRescueRadio, we discuss the Somali Pirates in the Gulf of Aden.  We discuss provisions that are being created to help repel pirates, including non-lethal weaponry.

The Hot Topic this week is about the nurse that was called out of surgery only to find she’s been fired.  What does this say about the state of the health care system in the country?

For what the heck would you do, we have a scenario dealing with figuring out the diagnoses of a patient with only hearing what the patient is saying.  We also talk about how to proceed in the diagnoses based on the variables that we’ve identified.

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iRescueRadio 021: In-Flight Bathroom Emergency leads to Felony, Runaway Scooter carries off woman, Cardiac arrest and Online Studies

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This week on iRescueRadio, we start out talking about a parking lot stare down.  What in the world was going on there?  We then move into two big stories.  The first is about a runaway scooter that carries off a woman.  How could that have happened and what was the outcome?

The next topic is a bathroom emergency on an airplane brings man a felony charge, and he had no criminal intent!  What could have lead to it?

We then discuss the value of the Interactive Autism Network to the scientists studying it, leading to our poll of the week, about the effectiveness of online studies.

The stumper of the week: Air into stomach on rescue breathing after cardiac arrest?

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iRescueRadio 020: Diet can help control Epileptic Seizures, Choking Episodes, Population leaving Michigan

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This episode features a look at Epileptic Seizures, and what foods can help to control them.  Or can they?

This is followed by discussion on the state of the economy in Michigan as the rate of families leaving this state is on the increase.  The numbers will astound you.

What would you do if your child starts to choke?  This week’s stumper question covers the issue.

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