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From mountain tops to ocean bottoms, Earth orbit to the surface of Mars. Join us on an exploration of aerospace, wilderness, and hyperbaric medicine through monthly interview, videos, and science snippits. Welcome aboard...

Dana Levin

  • Aug 10, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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Diversity in Spaceflight: Then and Now

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 73:28


Kumluca Shipwreck Field Notes #7

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 16:34


The best part of exploration medicine is field work. These are Dr. Levin’s field notes from the first year of the Institute for Nautical Archeology’s Expedition to excavate the Kumluca Shipwreck in Turkey.

Kumluca Shipwreck Field Notes #6

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 17:40


The best part of exploration medicine is field work. These are Dr. Levin’s field notes from the first year of the Institute for Nautical Archeology’s Expedition to excavate the Kumluca Shipwreck in Turkey.

Delay announcement

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020


We are delaying the podcast this week to honor those protesting and amplify the voices of those who don’t have one. Stay safe and we’ll see you next week.

SpaceX Demo 2 Launch

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020 4:18


SpaceX Demo 2

Kumluca Shipwreck Field Notes #5

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 15:38


The best part of exploration medicine is field work. These are Dr. Levin’s field notes from the first year of the Institute for Nautical Archeology’s Expedition to excavate the Kumluca Shipwreck in Turkey.

Special Episode: Covid in the Classroom

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 55:15


Teacher Michael Ramirez invited Dr. Dana Levin to talk with his class of 7 year olds about CoVID-19. Join us in Mr. R’s classroom to learn about what it’s like to treat Coronavirus on the front lines in the least stressful way possible.

Kumluca Shipwreck Field Notes #4

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 30:55


The best part of exploration medicine is field work. These are Dr. Levin’s field notes from the first year of the Institute for Nautical Archeology’s Expedition to excavate the Kumluca Shipwreck in Turkey.

Interview with Dr. Lance

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 44:16


In the winter of 1864 the crew of the civil war submarine H. L. Hunley successfully sank the Union warship USS Housatonic, but her crew never returned home. Leaving Dr Rachel Lance Biomechnical Engineer from Duke University to solve the mystery…

Kumluca Shipwreck Field Notes #3

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 20:50


The best part of exploration medicine is field work. These are Dr. Levin’s field notes from the first year of the Institute for Nautical Archeology’s Expedition to excavate the Kumluca Shipwreck in Turkey.

Episode 21: Kumluca Shipwreck Field Notes #2

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2019 16:02


The best part of exploration medicine is field work. These are Dr. Levin’s field notes from the first year of the Institute for Nautical Archeology’s Expedition to excavate the Kumluca Shipwreck in Turkey.

Episode 20: Kumluca Shipwreck Field Notes #1

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2019 8:56


The best part of exploration medicine is field work. These are Dr. Levin’s field notes from the first year of the Institute for Nautical Archeology’s Expedition to excavate the Kumluca Shipwreck in Turkey.

Episode 19: The Western Antalya Wreck

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 17:00


The best part of exploration medicine is field work. This year Dana Levin was invited to be part of the Institute for Nautical Archeology’s excavation of what may be the oldest shipwreck ever found in the Mediterranean. Come along with us and listen in to the challenges, excitement, and medicine of field work…

Episode 18: Announcements

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2019 4:35


We're making some changes, new formats, new voices, environmental stewardship tips, a merchandise shop, a donations section, it goes on, and it all starts next week...

Episode 17: Dr. Buckland on Engineering Medicine

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 34:05


Dr. Daniel Buckland of Duke University discusses how applying engineering principles in medicine can help move both fields forward.

Episode 16: 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11. Part 5, splashdown

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2019 16:22


Today is the 50th anniversary of the completion of the Apollo 11 mission. Lets follow along with the mission in “real time.”

Episode 16: 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11. Part 4, Return Launch

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2019 10:33


Today is the 50th anniversary of the return launch of Apollo 11. Lets follow along with the mission in “real time.”

Episode 16: 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11. Part 3, Surface Operations

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2019 16:01


Today is the 50th anniversary of the lunar surface operations of Apollo 11. Lets follow along with the mission in “real time.”

Episode 16: 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11. Part 2, Lunar Descent

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2019 10:56


Today is the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11. Let's follow along on their journey in "real time"

Episode 16: 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11, Part 1, Launch

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2019 9:16


Today is the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11. Let's follow along on their journey in "real time"

Episode 15: Dr. Antonsen on the Future of Space Medicine

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2019 53:36


Drawing from expertise in both the medicine and engineering worlds, Dr. Erik Antonsen discusses how to answer the unanswerable questions about building a medical system for deep space flight.

Episode 14: Dr. Stratton on the Khumbu

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 40:29


Dr. Emily Stratton visited the Khumbu region of Nepal, on an expedition to tour the medical clinics in the region. She shares her insights in this interview.

Episode 13: Happy Gagarin Day

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2019 14:29


Today is the 58th Anniversary of the first mission carrying a human into space

Episode 12: ACLS in Space - Dr. Jason David

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2019 18:38


How can you do CPR in space? Dr. Jason David, an Emergency Medicine resident at University Hospital in Las Vegas has the answer…For more information check out these articles;https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20150020975.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25936478https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25022155

Episode 11: Dr. Mathias Basner Interview

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2019 56:00


In this episode Dana talks with Dr. Mathias Basner, Associate Professor of Sleep, Chronobiology and Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania Pearlman School of Medicine. They discuss his research into the effects of isolated, confined and extreme environments on the human brain.

Episode 10: Seal Finger - Dr. Quinn Dufurrena

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 10:22


In this episode Dr. Quinn Dufurrena, internal medicine resident at Stony Brook University Hospital discusses the enigmatic condition known as “Seal Finger” and how to treat it.For more information read the modern article available here;https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21119845or this 1952 description here;http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic5-4-235.pdf

Episode 9: Dr. Chris Martinez Interview

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2019 36:31


Chris Martinez was the lead physician at Mcmurdo General Hospital, the primary medical facility for the United States Antarctic Program during the 2017 season.

Episode 8: (extra) Megan and Mike Dore Interview

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 34:04


Megan and Mike Dore help staff Mcmurdo General Hospital, the primary medical facility for the United States Antarctic Program. This interview was conducted in 2017.

Episode 7: Welcome Back

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2019 1:28


Welcome back to the exploration medicine podcast, we’ve got a lot of new content coming your way, from field notes on actual expeditions to cutting edge researchers, to interviews with people in the field, and, of course our listener quick review mini-sodes. Join us on our journey to the most extreme places humans can go…

EPISODE 6: Antarctic Exploration History Part II

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2018 56:00


In this, part 2 of a 2 part episode, Dana continues discussing the natural experiment of the Amundsen and Scott expeditions and focuses on the events of the Earnest Shackleton's Great Transantarctic Expedition. We also discuss cases from more recent history that have informed how medicine at the south pole is practiced today.

EPISODE 5: Antarctic Exploration History I

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2018 40:00


In this, part I of a 2 part episode, Dana Covers the history of Antarctic exploration by discussing a natural experiment in leadership on the Antarctic continent.

EPISODE 4: North Polar Medical Operations with Dr. Chris Davis

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2018 48:00


In this episode Dana talks current polar operations with Dr. Chris Davis. While He’s never met Santa Claus, Dr .Davis is the former director of north polar medicine operations for the National Science Foundation and the current director of the Wilderness Medicine Fellowship at the University of Colorado's Anschutz School of Medicine.

EPISODE 3: Hypothermia Quick Review by Quinn Dufurrena

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2018 12:30


Continuing with our theme of polar exploration medicine, this is the first of our quick reviews of practical topics in exploration medicine. In this episode Dr. Quinn Dufurrena, internal medicine resident at Stony Brook University Hospital discusses the recognition, classification, and treatment of hypothermia in the field. For more information refer to the Wilderness Medicine Societies Practice Guidelines for Accidental Hypothermia

EPISODE 2: Arctic Exploration

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2018 35:00


In this first episode Dana looks back in time at the mistakes and successes of past arctic explorers in order to understand the challenges faced by today's explorers and set us up for our exploration of the top and bottom of our world.

EPISODE 1: Preview

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2017 6:31


What is exploration medicine? What is this podcast? In this episode Dana Levin provides a preview of our podcast.

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