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Archives for January 2012

Directory of Emergency Physicians on Twitter

I just launched a new mini website called TwittER ReaserchER. It is essentially a directory of emergency physicians across the globe who are using Twitter. The project started during research for an article about use of Twitter among emergency physicians. I started tweeting in 2008, and at that time there were only but a few […]

19 January 2012 | design, internet, medicine, science | No Comments

Prof. dr. Stefek Grmec: In Memoriam

I have been shocked and saddened today, when I heard the news that prof. Stefek Grmec from Slovenia has passed away. He was an astonishing emergency physician and a brilliant scientists, who has organized a fantastic ambulance service in his town of Maribor. In Maribor he was also a well respected professor and Head of […]

17 January 2012 | medicine, science | No Comments

Creative CPR ads

Getting people to take notice of anything related to CPR is hard. Who cares, right? People would rather talk about Lady Gaga, sports, or whatever. Not many actually visit YouTube to search for CPR videos. So you have to be extremely creative to get their attention. Here are some great CPR ads that really get […]

7 January 2012 | design, internet, medicine | 1 Comment