Movie Medicine

Movie Medicine

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Movie Medicine episodes

  • Episode 11: Face/Off
    Preview

    Using the 1997 film Face/Off we’ll look at the reality of face transplantation.

    References

    Fischer, S., Kueckelhaus, M., Pauzenberger, R., Bueno, E. M., & Pomahac, B. (2014). Functional Outcomes of Face Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation, 15(1), 220-233. doi:10.1111/ajt.12956

    Lantieri, L. A. (2011). Face Transplant: Learning from the Past, Facing the Future. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 155(1), 23-28.

    Lantieri, L., Hivelin, M., Audard, V., Benjoar, M. D., Meningaud, J. P., Bellivier, F., . . . Grimbert, P. (2011). Feasibility, Reproducibility, Risks and Benefits of Face Transplantation: A Prospective Study of Outcomes. American Journal of Transplantation, 11(2), 367-378. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03406.x

    Siemionow, M. (2016). The miracle of face transplantation after 10 years. British Medical Bulletin,120(1), 5-14. doi:10.1093/bmb/ldw045

    • Plastic surgery
    • Face transplant
    • Face transplant
    • Comprehensive Transplant Center
    • Face Transplants: What Comes Next?
    • The Father Of Modern Facial Plastic Surgery
    • Sushruta: father of plastic surgery.
    • Sushruta: The first Plastic Surgeon in 600 B.C.
    • History of plastic surgery
    • The 'most extensive' face transplant in history gives firefighter new life
    • Face transplants – a short history
    • Notable Moments in Limb and Face Transplant History
    • The Science of Composite Tissue Allotransplantation
    • Long‐Term Follow‐Up in Composite Tissue Allotransplantation: In‐Depth Study of Five (Hand and Face) Recipients
    • Composite Tissue Transplantation: A Rapidly Advancing Field
    • Outcomes 18 Months after the First Human
      • Partial Face Transplantation
    • Longitudinal immunological characterization of the first presensitized recipient of a face transplant
      • 22 min
    • Episode 10: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
      Preview

      This episode uses the character of Marion Ravenwood from the film Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark to talk about alcohol and drinking myths.

      References

      Baraona, E., Abittan, C. S., Dohmen, K., Moretti, M., Pozzato, G., Chayes, Z. W., . . . Lieber, C. S. (2001). Gender Differences in Pharmacokinetics of Alcohol. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, 25(4), 502-507. doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2001.tb02242.x

      Deluca, Lorraine. “Alcohol Tolerance and Its Significance in Driving.” Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 1985, pp. 1–23., doi:10.1080/00085030.1985.10757378.

      Jones, A. W., Ph. D., Jonsson, K., MD, Ph.D., & Neri, A., MD. (1991). Peak Blood-Ethanol Concentration and the Time of its Occurance After Rapid Drinking on an Empty Stomach. Journal of Forensic Science, 36(2), 376-385.

      Lund, A. (1979). The Rate of Disappearance of Blood Alcohol in Drunken Drivers. Blutalkohol, 16, 395-398.

      Posey, D., & Mozayani, A. (2007). The Estimation of Blood alcohol Concentration: Widmark Revisited. Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, 3(1), 33-39.

      Rogers, A. (2015). Proof: The science of booze. Boston: Mariner Books.

      Shajani, N. K., & Dinn, H. M. (1985). Blood Alchohol Concentrations Reached in Human Subjects after Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages in a Social Setting. Canadian Society of Forensic Science, 18(1), 38-47.

      Vogel-Sprott, Muriel. “Is Behavioral Tolerance Learned?” Alcohol Health & Research World, vol. 21, no. 2, 1997, pp. 161–168.

      Watkins, R. L., BS, & Adler, E. V., BS, DABFT. (1993). The Effect of Food on Alcohol Absorption and Elimination Patterns. Journal of Forensic Science, 38(2), 285-291.

      • Alcohol Toxicity
      • NEUROSCIENCE: PATHWAYS TO ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
      • Pharmacokinetics of Ethanol in Saliva: Comparison with Blood and Breath Alcohol
        • Profiles, Subjective Feelings of Intoxication, and Diminished Performance
      • Alcohol Hangover
        • Mechanisms and Mediators
      • The Alcohol Hangover
      • What Is BAC?
      • Understanding Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)
      • Canadian Guideline for Safe and Effective Use of
        • Opioids for CNCP — Part B
      • Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
      • The Alcohol Use Disorders
        • Identification Test
        Guidelines for Use in Primary Care
      • Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol
      • Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol Scale, Revised (CIWA-Ar)
      • FYI: Can Drinking Moonshine Really Make Me Go Blind?
      • Alcohol: If you drink, keep it moderate
      • CDC Alcohol FAQ
        • 24 min
      • Episode 9: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
        Preview

        We use the truly terrible Star Wars episode III: Revenge of the Sith to explore whether or not it’s possible to die of a broken heart.

        References
        • Stress symptoms: Effects on your body and behavior
        • The Effects of Stress on Your Body
        • The Effects of Stress on Your Body
        • Allostasis and Allostatic Load: Implications for Neuropsychopharmacology
        • The Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory
        • Holmes and Rahe stress scale
        • Current state of knowledge on Takotsubo syndrome: a Position Statement from the Taskforce on Takotsubo Syndrome of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
        • Happy heart syndrome: role of positive emotional stress in takotsubo syndrome
        • Broken Heart Syndrome in a Patient on Maintenance Hemodialysis
        • ‘Broken-heart syndrome’… Be aware..
        • Takotsubo cardiomyopathy – stunning views on the broken heart
        • Bereavement reduces neutrophil oxidative burst only in older adults: role of the HPA axis and immunesenescence
        • Is Broken Heart Syndrome Real?
        • Neurohumoral Features of Myocardial Stunning Due to Sudden Emotional Stress
        • Can You Die of a Broken Heart?
        • Institutionalization of Older Adults After the Death of a Spouse
        • Increased Risk of Acute Cardiovascular Events After Partner Bereavement
        • Death of a spouse or partner can lead to heart attack or stroke
        • The widowhood effect: A spouse dies, then soon, another
        • Health-related quality of life of among elders in rural China: the effect of widowhood
        • Widowhood and mortality among the elderly: The modifying role of neighborhood concentration of widowed individuals
        • Gender Differences in the Depressive Effect of Widowhood in Later Life
        • Does the “widowhood effect” precede spousal bereavement? Results from a Nationally Representative Sample of Older Adults
        • Widowhood and Mortality: A Meta-Analysis
        • Marital status, health and mortality
        • Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
        • Wives and Ex-Wives: A New Test for Homogamy Bias in the Widowhood Effect
        • Understanding the stress response
        • Stress cardiomyopathy: a syndrome of catecholamine-mediated myocardial stunning?
          • 27 min
        • Episode 8: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
          Preview

          This week we’re going to use the Christmas classic, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York to talk about concussions.

          References
          • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
          • The Neuropathology and Neurobiology of Traumatic Brain Injury
          • Assessment of traumatic brain injury, acute
          • Traumatic Brain Injury
          • Marked reduction in mortality in patients with severe
            • traumatic brain injury
          • Surveillance for Traumatic Brain Injury--Related Deaths --- United States, 1997--2007
          • Impact of falls on early mortality from severe traumatic brain injury
          • Classification and Complications of Traumatic Brain Injury
          • Mortality and Outcome of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in a Swiss Level One Trauma Center
          • Traumatic Brain Injury Related Hospitalization and Mortality in California
          • Validity of a Set of Clinical Criteria to Rule Out Injury to the Cervical Spine in Patients with Blunt Trauma
          • Determinants of Mortality in Patients With Severe Blunt Head Injury
          • Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Athletes: Progressive Tauopathy After Repetitive Head Injury
          • The Epidemiology and Impact
            • of Traumatic Brain Injury
          • Pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury
          • White matter integrity and cognition in chronic traumatic brain injury: a diffusion tensor imaging study
          • Traumatic brain injury: assessment, resuscitation and early management
          • Suicide, Fatal Injuries, and Other Causes of Premature Mortality in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury
          • Neuropathology of mild traumatic brain injury Relationship to neuroimaging findings
          • Perioperative Management of Adult Traumatic Brain Injury
          • Partial Interruption of Axonal Transport Due to Microtubule Breakage Accounts for the Formation of Periodic Varicosities after Traumatic Axonal Injury
          • Axonal Pathology in Traumatic Brain Injury
          • Mortality in severe traumatic brain injury: a multivariated analysis of 748 Brazilian patients from Florianópolis City.
          • Relative risk of mortality after traumatic brain injury: a population-based study of the role of age and injury severity.
            • 22 min
          • Episode 7: xXx
            Preview

            This week we look at the injuries caused by explosions, and specifically the injuries NOT received by the most annoying tech guy ever in the 2002 action film xXx.

            References

            Depalma, R. G., MD, Burris, D. G., MD, Champion, H. R., FRCS, & Hodgson, M. J., MD, MPH. (2005). Blast Injuries. New England Journal of Medicine,1335-1342. doi:10.1056/NEJMra042083

            Eskridge, S. L., Macera, C. A., Galarneau, M. R., Holbrook, T. L., Woodruff, S. I., Macgregor, A. J., . . . Shaffer, R. A. (2012). Injuries from combat explosions in Iraq: Injury type, location, and severity. Injury, 43(10), 1678-1682. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2012.05.027

            Goh, S. H. (2009). Bomb blast mass casualty incidents: initial triage and management of injuries. Singapore Medical Journal, 50(1), 101-106.

            Kang, D. G., MD, Lehman, R. A., MD, & Carragee, E. J., MD. (2012). Wartime spine injuries: understanding the improvised explosive device and biophysics of blast trauma. The Spine Journal, 12(9), 849-857. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2011.11.014

            Lemonick, D. M., MD, FAAEP, FACEP. (2011). Bombings and Blast Injuries: A Primer for Physicians. American Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8(3), 134-140.

            Singh, A. K., Goralnick, E., Velmahos, G., Biddinger, P. D., Gates, J., & Sodickson, A. (2014). Radiologic Features of Injuries From the Boston Marathon Bombing at Three Hospitals. American Journal of Roentgenology,203(2), 235-239. doi:10.2214/ajr.14.12549

            Wolf, S. J., Bebarta, V. S., Bonnett, C. J., Pons, P. T., & Cantrill, S. V. (2009). Blast Injuries. Lancet, 374, 405-415.

            22 min
          • Episode 6: Flatliners part 2
            Preview

            Today I check myself before I wreck myself and talk about something I missed back in episode 3 when I talked about CPR and defibrillation myths in movies using the film Flatliners.

            References

            Nehme, Z., Andrew, E., Bernard, S. A., & Smith, K. (2013). Treatment of monitored out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia utilising the precordial thump. Resuscitation, 84(12), 1691-1696. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.08.011

            • 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science
            • Effect of Chest Compressions on Ventricular Activation
            • Percussion pacing—an almost forgotten procedure for haemodynamically unstable bradycardias? A report of three case studies and review of the literature
            • Resuscitation skills - part five - Precordial thump
            • The Precordial Thump is an Outdated Practice
              • 11 min
            • Episode 5: Hot Fuzz
              Preview

              Using the movie Hot Fuzz we’ll look at what happens to someone if they are shot while wearing a bulletproof vest.

              Movie scene

              Hot Fuzz (8/10) Movie CLIP - Mindless Violence (2007) HD

              References

              Cannon, L. (2001). Behind Armour Blunt Trauma - an emerging problem. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 147(1), 87-96. doi:10.1136/jramc-147-01-09

              Carr, D. J., Horsfall, I., & Malbon, C. (2013). Is behind armour blunt trauma a real threat to users of body armour? A systematic review. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 162(1), 8-11. doi:10.1136/jramc-2013-000161

              Hanlon, E., PhD, & Gillich, P., MS. (2012). Origin of the 44-mm Behind-Armor Blunt Trauma Standard. Military Medicine, 177(3), 333-339. doi:10.7205/milmed-d-11-00303

              Luo, S., Xu, C., Chen, A., & Zhang, X. (2016). Experimental investigation of the response of gelatine behind the soft body armor. Forensic Science International, 266, 8-13. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.04.019

              Wen, Y., Xu, C., Wang, S., & Batra, R. (2015). Analysis of behind the armor ballistic trauma. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 45, 11-21. doi:10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.01.010

              Wilhelm, M., & Bir, C. (2008). Injuries to law enforcement officers: The backface signature injury. Forensic Science International, 174(1), 6-11. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.02.028

              • IACP/DUPONT™ KEVLAR® SURVIVORS’ CLUB®
              • Contemporary body armor: technical data, injuries, and limits
              • Does body armor protect from firearm injuries?
              • The effect of body armor on saving officers' lives: An analysis using LEOKA data
              • Assessing Behind Armor Blunt Trauma in Accordance With the National Institute of Justice Standard for Personal Body Armor Protection Using Finite Element Modeling
              • Bulletproof vest
              • A Brief History of Bulletproof Vests
              • Comparison of thoracic wall behavior in large animals and human cadavers submitted to an identical ballistic blunt thoracic trauma
                • 22 min
              • Episode 4: 28 Days Later
                Preview

                The 2002 zombie film 28 Days Later shows the effects of a plague that wipes out almost all life in england. But, how does this compare to the way diseases spread in the real world?

                References
                • Zombie Preparedness | PHPR | CDC
                • Spillover – Zika, Ebola & Beyond - YouTube
                • A Short History Of Humans And Germs: Early Encounters | Goats & Soda | NPR - YouTube
                • Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Control of Infectious Diseases
                • CDC - Rabies
                • WHO | Rabies
                • The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
                • Flu Statistics: What Are Your Odds of Getting the Flu?
                • WHO | Ebola virus disease
                • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
                • The Rabies Vaccine Backstory | The Scientist Magazine®
                • Change in human social behavior in response to a common vaccine. - PubMed - NCBI
                • Incubation Period Duration and Severity of Clinical Disease Following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection
                • Viral Pathogenesis
                  • 22 min
                • Episode 3: Flatliners
                  Review

                  In this episode the 1990 Horror film “Flatliners” serves as a perfect example of all the ways Hollywood misrepresents CPR and defibrillation and their use as lifesaving techniques.

                  References

                  http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1405796#t=article

                  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0300957215000635
                  http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/128/4/417.short
                  http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/132/18_suppl_2/S414.short
                  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258134/
                  http://cpr.heart.org/AHAECC/CPRAndECC/AboutCPRFirstAid/CPRFactsAndStats/UCM_475748_CPR-Facts-and-Stats.jsp
                  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/more-people-are-stepping-up-to-perform-cpr-and-its-saving-lives_us_55afcd3fe4b07af29d5722fd
                  http://www.nsc.org/learn/Safety-Training/Pages/AEDs-Could-Save-40,000-Lives.aspx
                  http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/results_of_definitive_study_are_in_lives_are_saved_when_defibrillators_are_placed_in_large_public_spaces
                  http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199606133342406#t=articleTop
                  http://www.life1st.com/files/CPR-Legal_and_Ethical.pdf
                  https://eccguidelines.heart.org/index.php/circulation/cpr-ecc-guidelines-2/

                  23 min
                • Episode 2: Alien
                  Review

                  This week we’ll use data on thoracic trauma and ectopic pregnancy to talk about whether Kane from the 1979 movie Alien would have survived his infamous encounter with the Chestburster.

                  References
                  The Movie Itself
                  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdBu6VAESeI
                  • https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/13/making-of-alien-chestburster
                  • https://www.fastcompany.com/3041711/more-than-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-alien-chestburster-scene
                  • https://ontheroad29.wikispaces.com/file/view/Alien-+Anatomy+of+the+Chestburster+Scene.pdf
                  • https://www.inverse.com/article/31942-an-explanation-of-alien-covenant-xenomorph-biology
                    • To Read for Ectopic Pregnancy
                    • http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tog.12109/full
                    • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3158531/
                    • https://radiopaedia.org/articles/abdominal-ectopic-pregnancy
                    • https://jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1752-1947-5-531
                    • http://bit.ly/2wewifx
                      • To Read for Chest wounds

                      Charshafian, S., MD, Woltman, N. M., MD, EMT-T, & Moy, H. P., MD. (2017).

                      Prehospital Resuscitative Thoracotomy. EMS World, 36-39.

                      Godoy, J. P., Cury, F., Baitello, A., Echeverria, R., Espada, P., & De Godoy, J. M. (2009).

                      Rates of thoracic trauma and mortality due to accidents in Brazil. Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 4(1), 25. doi:10.4103/1817-1737.44782

                      Golden, P. A. (2000). Thoracic Trauma. Orthopaedic Nursing, 19(5), 37-47.

                      Hinkle, J. L., Cheever, K. H. (11/2013). Hinkle & Cheever: Brunner & Suddarth's

                      Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 13th Edition. [CoursePoint]. Retrieved from https://coursepoint.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781469863801/

                      Snyder, S. R., BS, NREMT-P, Kivlehan, S. M., MD, MPH, NREMT-P, & Collopy, K. T., BA,

                      FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT. (2012). Thoracic Trauma: What you Need to Know. EMS World, 60-66.

                      Ustaalioglu, R., Yildirim, M., Cosgun, H., Dogusoy, I., Imamoglu, O., Yasaroglu, M., . . .

                      Okay, T. (2015). Thoracic Traumas: A Single-Center Experience. Turkish Thoracic Journal/Türk Toraks Dergisi, 16(2), 59-63. doi:10.5152/ttd.2015.4413

                      Yamamoto, L., MBA/HCA, BSN, RN, PHN, Schroeder, C., ADN, RN, Beliveau, C., ADN,

                      BA, RN, CCRN, & Morley, D., BSN, RN. (2005). Thoracic Trauma: The Deadly Dozen. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 28(1), 22-40. doi:10.1097/00002727-200501000-00004

                      • https://sjtrem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13049-015-0125-z
                      • http://bit.ly/2wO2DOU
                      • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10780588
                        • 25 min

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                      Movie Medicine is a podcast that explores how Hollywood portrays injury and illness in horror, action, and video game movies. Not only is it INCREDIBLY ANNOYING when Hollywood films get basic human…