Diagnosing and Treating Sepsis
How do medical teams treat a patient whose entire body reacts to a life-threatening infection? In this Spark 101 case challenge, students will help Kaiser Permanente’s Quality Improvement division treat a young patient wh…
Food Waste
Food waste is a challenging global concern that affects resources such as land, energy and water. This video will show students that food is wasted along various steps of the growing, distributing, selling and consumptio…
The Hard-Hitting Truth About the Long-Term Effects of Concussions
Do retired professional football players sustain long-term neurological effects from concussions? In this Spark 101 case challenge, students will learn how researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cent…
Concussion in Professional Football Players - Physics and Engineering in Medicine
Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center discuss their multidisciplinary approach to the exploration of the potential effects of concussion on the brains of former professional football players. …
Managing Hypertension
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, can cause strokes, heart attacks, and kidney failure. It is a very treatable disease. In this video, you will explore the problems of treating patients with hypertension as well as ad…