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CRACKCast E144 - High Altitude Medicine

Jan 18, 201825 min
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Episode description

This episode of CRACKCast covers Rosen's Chapter 144, High Altitude Medicine. The problems encountered can be mostly be prevented through slow ascent and generally treated with oxygen and descent. This summary of respiratory physiology will explain why people can find themselves quickly quite unwell at high altitudes.

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