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How the Modern ICU Was Galvanized By a Polio Epidemic Medicine and the Machine

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The medical and dental students who kept polio patients alive by hand-ventilating them around the clock are among the cast of characters in this incredible story.
This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:
https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine
Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc, Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Toronto; Staff Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Autumn Ghost, Hannah Wunsch, MD; https://greystonebooks.com/products/the-autumn-ghost
Why we can thank a polio emergency for the birth of intensive care; Nature 618, 234-235 (2023), Eric Topol; https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01830-3
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https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington
For questions or feedback, please email: news@medscape.net

The medical and dental students who kept polio patients alive by hand-ventilating them around the clock are among the cast of characters in this incredible story.
This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:
https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine
Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc, Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Toronto; Staff Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Autumn Ghost, Hannah Wunsch, MD; https://greystonebooks.com/products/the-autumn-ghost
Why we can thank a polio emergency for the birth of intensive care; Nature 618, 234-235 (2023), Eric Topol; https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01830-3
You may also like:
Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology
https://www.medscape.com/twic
Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show
https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington
For questions or feedback, please email: news@medscape.net

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