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Is Azar the antidote to the opioid crisis?

(12/04/17 5:00am)

At a peak of the Durham heroin crisis last year, and as part of my EMS continuing education, we reviewed our protocol for delivering naloxone—a drug intended for emergency opioid overdose reversal. In Naloxone, and as with many antidotes, the problem is part of the solution. The agent’s active ingredient is a deactivated piece of the opioid, which fits snugly into the patient’s receptors and shuts out the problematic drug. But delivering naloxone is sensitive. As one paramedic explained, if you deliver too much of the antidote at once, patients will shoot straight out of their slumber “and punch you in the face!”

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2017/12/171204-madhaven-is-azar-the-antidote

Under the hood: Duke's pre-med fraternity

(11/02/17 7:26pm)

Like most pre-professionals at Duke, I navigated the “pre-med” track discreetly—but rarely did I feel alone. Now on the interview trail for entering medical school, I’m grateful for the organic relationships and communities that formed around shared pre-med struggles—during late night prep for Organic Chemistry exams, with Duke EMS peers on late-night calls and even with pre-health advising mentors. So, when I opened my inbox to discover from the pre-health listserv that Duke students had begun founding a pre-med fraternity, called Phi Delta Epsilon (PhiDE), I was admittedly shocked.  

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2017/11/171102-madhavan

A category four misunderstanding

(09/11/17 4:53pm)

On the heels of a once-in-a-hundred-year total solar eclipse, Hurricane Harvey brought what many called a “500-year flood”  to the Gulf of Mexico.  But in the wake of a predictable darkness streaking across the United States, this Category 4 hurricane unleashed a shocking deluge– stalling over a region including my hometown of Houston, which has already witnessed three such “500-year hurricanes” since 2014.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2017/09/a-category-four-misunderstanding

Trumpcare still has a pulse

(06/19/17 5:39am)

Samuel Hart*—father of two young girls, security guard at my local library, and recipient of the “employee of the month” March award—was having a heart attack. As I set up his IV and kept my gloved hand on his pulse, Samuel explained to me how he had donated his blood plasma three times within the month to help pay for his sister’s recent hospitalization. Coupled with his Type II diabetes and hypertension, Samuel’s low plasma count had sent his heart spiraling into failure. He started feeling lightheaded when his co-workers called 9-11 and my EMS team arrived.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2017/06/trumpcare-still-has-a-pulse