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

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.

iRescueRadio Episode 26 [Download]

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

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?

iRescueRadio Episode 21 [Download]

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iRescueRadio 007: New Years Resolutions, Second-hand Smoking, Jett Travolta, Kawasaki Disease, Seizures, Melamine, Adoption, World’s Oldest Woman

In this, the seventh episode of iRescueRadio, Roy, Dan and Jody discuss New Years Resolutions, a woman giving birth in an airplane, second-hand smoke, and melamine in milk effecting adoptions from China.

The big segment this episode is a discussion on seizures, and what can cause them, with John Travolta’s son Jett Travolta as the inspiration to help others to understand what is going on, and how they can help if a loved one has a seizure.  If you haven’t heard, Jett Travolta had Kawasaki Disease, and late last week, had seizures.. CPR was attempted by John, paramedics arrived, and they attempted rescue until exhaustion.  Our thoughts and prayers are with the Travolta family in this time of loss.

We close the episide this week talking about the world’s oldest woman.

iRescueRadio Episode 7 [Download]

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