Extreme Ultrasound on Mt. Everest -- Doctor Scott Dulchavsky Ph. D.

Scott Dulchavsky, M.D. Ph.D., senior study author and the chairman of Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital, discusses a new study that found portable ultrasound can be used in the cold, remote climate of Mt. Everest to help guide non-medical experts in the diagnosis of one of the most common health risks mountaineers face at high altitudes pulmonary edema, an accumulation of fluid in the lungs. Read more: http://docinthed.com

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