
Intraventricular catheter and the intra-parenchymal fibre-optic transducer for intracranial pressure monitoring
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Intraventricular catheter and the intra-parenchymal fibre-optic transducer for intracranial pressure monitoring

The story of Alastair Coutts and Bob Eason as they try to save a dying patient in a small wooden hut in the Solomon islands with only basic equipment and a little help from Jesus.
The man did not respond. No amount of verbal persuasion could make him lift his eyelids and the only noises he made were incomprehensible groans. He moved only to push away his loved ones and the hospital staff trying to look after him.
More hilarious brilliance from ‘That Mitchell and Webb Look‘ – following on from their ‘homepathic A&E‘ masterpiece. This skit reminds me of a half-remembered anecdote from Frank Vertosick Jr.’s classic book about neurosurgical training, ‘When The Air Hits The Brain‘: After yet another brutal shift the Orthopedics Chief says to Frank (a neurosurgical resident at [...]
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