Tuesday, July 23, 2013

July 22,23, 2013 Medical Experiments

Went to enroll as a subject in a medical experiment.  This not my first time as a subject.  I do not know if they still do it but way back when colleges use to be recruiting grounds for medical test subjects.  I was  once put to sleep with drug that later was marketed as ETHRANE, an anesthetic that was widely used in the 1970's but is now off the market.
I was in a cohort study looking for a correlation between pre medications  before anesthesia and memory awareness.   That study led to the development of VERSED, a popular amnesic that is still in use today.
When i worked at the Aeromedical research center at Fort Rucker Alabama, i was involved in the development of a new helmet for helicopter pilots as well as an experiment in oxygen consumption during simulated "auto rotation" events.  Guess what ? if your helicopter is about to go down, you consume more  oxygen.  I also conducted studies in the reduction of blood loss for  total hip replacements by the use of a group of blood pressure lowering drugs, most of which are now off the market.


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