Man, you guys really have a lot of spare time on your hands ... Please, Mr. NIST, give us another Leap Second !!
HI HI 73, Dick, W1KSZ -----Original Message----- >From: Bob Bownes <[email protected]> >Sent: Oct 26, 2010 5:37 PM >To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Determining Time-Nut infection severity > >To sort of make an on/off topic comment, here in NY, we have recently >begun using hypothermic protocol on cardiac arrest patients that have >undergone a reversal. If the heart has stopped and been restarted >either with a defib or by CPR alone and we are on scene in a short >enough span of time, we can start the treatment using chilled saline >IV to lower the patient's body temperature rather dramatically en >route to the hospital. I got to work the first one of these in our >area a few months ago. Absolutely fascinating. > >Of course we need to make very careful and accurate note of the time >the treatments begin. :) > > > >On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Hal Murray <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> There is one case in which a Swedish medical student was out skiing in >>> Norway and went through the ice and was being held there by the strong >>> water. It took them 45 min just to get her out of the water. Her heart had >>> stopped. Her respiration had stopped. She have had no pulse or breath for >>> over an hour when they finally started working on her at the hospital. She >>> survived and is almost completely restored. ... >> >> This is OT for time-nuts, but it's a really good read. >> >> Atul Gawande >> The Checklist >> If something so simple can transform intensive care, what else can it do? >> December 10, 2007 >> http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/10/071210fa_fact_gawande >> >> It begins with what it takes to save a drowning victim, in this case, a 3 >> year old girl. >> >> He's also written a book: >> The Checklist Manifesto >> http://gawande.com/the-checklist-manifesto >> >> >> To bring things back to time-nuts, if you were setting up gear or running a >> test, would a checklist help you avoid silly errors? >> >> >> >> -- >> These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > >_______________________________________________ >time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
