Three Things That Decrease Air Consumption When Scuba Diving

Dr. Anthony Amoroso is an emergency medicine physician who is qualified to provide trauma care. In addition, he is the founder and owner of Brazos Valley Charting, a medical transcription company. Outside of work, Dr. Anthony Amoroso enjoys scuba diving.

Scuba divers use varying amounts of air depending on their metabolism and body size. However, divers can conserve air by:

- Streamlining equipment

The equipment divers wear creates drag and slows them down, forcing them to expend more energy and air. When possible, divers should streamline their equipment so that it sits closer to the body and produces less drag in the water.

- Getting plenty of rest

Being tired on the day of a dive strains the body and causes a greater consumption of air. For this reason, divers should make sure they get enough rest the night before a dive.

- Using fins

Wearing fins makes a noticeable difference in the way divers move through the water. If possible, divers should purchase quality fins that help them move efficiently and easily.

Basic Survival Skills Every Hunter Should Have

Residing in College Station, TX, Dr. Anthony Amoroso is a board-certified emergency physician in a level II trauma center that serves 55,000-60,000 patients per year. Aside from his professional responsibilities, Dr. Anthony Amoroso enjoys hobbies including fishing, travel, cooking, exercising, and hunting. 

Hunting can pose a variety of hazards for even the most experienced outdoorsman. Every hunter should have basic survival skills including those discussed below.

Knowing how to locate clean water is a key survival skill for hunters. Obtaining water to drink from sources of precipitation such as rain, snow, and dew are ideal when water sources cannot be purified. One way to collect water is to press a cloth such as bandanna against grass or other plants covered in dew and then wring it into a container. 

Finding food is an essential skill for hunters should they become stranded. Raw sources of easily obtainable food may include brown grasshoppers, crickets, earthworms, and grubs. Another option for securing food is to make a small spear from a tree sapling to use it for catching fish and small animals.

Every hunter should know how to make a shelter as a fundamental survival skill. An insulated shelter can be constructed using tree branches. Two smaller branches of equal size and measuring approximately three to four feet long can be fit together and leaned against a longer branch several feet in length. A large sheet of plastic can then be draped over the branches to create a waterproof shelter. To provide insulation from the cold ground, moss, ferns, and dried leaves should be spread around inside the shelter.

Increasing Casting Distance When Fishing

Emergency physician Anthony Amoroso, MD, practices with U.S. Acute Care Solutions and serves as the owner of College Station, Texas-based Brazos Valley Charting, which he founded in 2007. Outside of work, Dr. Anthony Amoroso enjoys numerous hobbies, including fishing.

Perhaps one of the most basic factors affecting casting distance is the rod and reel. Anglers must use a rod that is a comfortable weight for them. When the rod is too light, they will often cast their bait too far. By contrast, anglers run the risk of not casting far enough when their rod is too heavy. Meanwhile, the spool should be cleaned and lubed so that it causes less friction as the line moves.

Speaking of the line, it, too, plays a role in casting distance. Lighter line always lets anglers increase the distance of their cast since it has a smaller diameter. When the diameter is smaller, the line causes less friction as it moves through the air, thus allowing it to fly farther. Casting distance is affected by diameter differences of as little as 0.10 millimeter.

As line ages, it also develops memory of being on the spool. This creates curls that cause resistance as it moves during a cast. Newer line does not have this memory and is capable of flying farther.

Finally, anglers can enjoy farther casting distances when they stop moving their rod forward once the rod is just past its highest vertical point. Stopping before this point causes the bait to move upwards instead of forwards. Conversely, continuing the forward movement of a rod before release causes the cast to be too low and results in the bait hitting the water before it reaches its maximum distance.

Clemson Wins College Football National Championship

The recipient of a doctor of medicine from UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dr. Anthony Amoroso completed his emergency medicine residency at St. John Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, in 2003, and has been working in Texas ever since. When he isn't treating patients, Dr. Anthony Amoroso enjoys watching college football. 

For the third time in four years, Clemson met Alabama in the College Football Playoff national championship game and, for the second time in three years, Clemson emerged victorious. The South Carolina university won the game 44-16 and finished the season with a perfect 15-0 win-loss record to become the first team to perform the feat since the 1800s. Moreover, it was the first team to beat Alabama by more than 14 points since Nick Saban became the Roll Tide's head coach in 2007. 

Building upon an impressive performance during Clemson's semi-final win over Notre Dame, wide receiver Justyn Ross registered six catches for 153 yards and scored a 74-yard touchdown in the third quarter that gave the Tigers a 37-16 advantage. True freshman Trevor Lawrence, meanwhile, threw 3 touchdown passes and accumulated 347 yards passing. The 6-foot-5 quarterback finished the season with 3,280 passing yards to go along with 30 touchdowns, 4 interceptions, and a passing efficiency rating of 157.2.

Understanding Basic Traumatic Injuries

A resident of College Station, Texas, Dr. Anthony Amoroso provides emergency care that helps safeguard the lives of patients, many of whom have experienced serious illness or traumatic injury. Dr. Anthony Amoroso is knowledgeable on the various types of trauma, which can involve soft tissue injuries, fractures, concussions, and other types of head injuries. 

Trauma sustained on the road may involve impact with the car or truck's interior, or penetrating injuries that occur when loose objects or broken glass enter and become lodged in the patient’s body. Considering the speed at which the accident occurred and the type of vehicle involved, many apparently minor road injuries should still be looked at by an experienced physician without delay. 

Another major type of traumatic injury involves slips and falls, which can occur in nearly any environment. While many such accidents involve minor injuries, they often turn out have a significant impact. This is particularly true when hard surfaces, heights, or running are involved. 

Among the elderly, slip and fall traumas that seem relatively mild can cause fractures in brittle bones, as well as serious conditions such as internal bleeding. For this reason, it makes sense to bring even small incidents to the attention of a consulting physician, so that potential traumas can be be evaluated in a timely manner.

When to Go to the Emergency Room for a Fever

Dr. Anthony Amoroso serves as the founder and owner of Brazos Valley Charting in College Station, Texas. Also an emergency medicine physician at US Acute Care Solutions, Dr. Anthony Amoroso works in a busy ER that sees 55,000 to 60,000 patients per year.

In many cases, fevers go away on their own, but other times, a trip to the emergency room is necessary, particularly when an infant or child is running a high fever. 

For infants under 90 days old, emergency care should be sought is the fever goes above 100.4 degrees. This threshold increases to 102.2 degrees for babies between 90 days and 36 months. Children 3 years and older who have a fever of 102 degrees for two days or longer must be taken to the emergency room.

Beyond these fever thresholds, infants and children who have a fever with additional symptoms may also need emergency medical care. Some of the symptoms to watch for include rash, vomiting, and difficulty breathing.

Fevers are not as much of a threat to adults unless they last more than three days above 101 degrees or reach 103 degrees. Adults also need medical treatment immediately if the fever presents with mental confusion, severe headache, stomach pain, seizures, or persistent vomiting.

The Role of Medical Transcriptionists in Collaborative Health Care

Anthony Amoroso is a board-certified emergency physician with US Acute Care Solutions. In addition, as the president of Brazos Valley Charting, Anthony Amoroso manages real-time transcription services offered to health care providers in Bryan and College Station, TX. He has also previously provider those same services in Killeen, Texas and New Braunfels, Texas. 

Medical transcriptionists play a key role in improving health care outcomes. Importantly, they make sure medical information is properly communicated and presented in patient health records. Doctors rely upon accurate medical information to provide timely assessment and treatment. 

Moreover, transcriptionists play a critical role in facilitating the flow of patient information in an increasingly collaborative health care environment. Patients are rarely treated by only one physician; instead, they are often treated by multiple specialists with expertise in different areas of medicine. Properly transcribed patient records ensure concise and clear communication so that doctors, nurses, and support staff can all access the same information, helping patients get well while preventing unnecessary complications.

NCAA College Football Subdivisions Explained

Anthony Amoroso, MD, has practiced emergency medicine post-residency for 15 years. In his free time, Dr. Anthony Amoroso enjoys watching college football.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) classifies all member institutions’ athletic programs into three divisions, the highest of which is Division I. When a Division I school has a football program, the NCAA categorizes that program as either Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly known as Division I-A, or Football Championship Subdivision, formerly known as Division I-AA.

Football Bowl Subdivision, or FBS, is the highest level of college football. Teams in this division play 12 regular season games and a weekend-long conference championship. In general, FCS teams only play 11 games in the regular season as well as a 24-team playoff sponsored by the NCAA. An FBS team is also eligible to play in the four-team College Football Playoff, which is played after the regular season independently of the NCAA.

FBS teams have a higher scholarship allowance as well. An FBS team can hand out 85 full scholarships. An FCS team has an allotment of 63 scholarships or fewer, depending on the conference, and can divide these among as many as 85 players.

To qualify as an FBS team, a school must draw an average of 15,000 attendees per home game. The school must meet this benchmark at least once per rolling two-year term. FCS schools do not have attendance requirements, but the average for an FCS home game in 2014 was calculated at less than 8,000 attendees.

Best Practices for Pediatric Anesthesia

Dr. Anthony Amoroso, an experienced emergency medicine physician, manages a medical transcription business alongside serving on staff at a high-traffic trauma center in Texas. As a resident at St.John Hospital in Detroit, Dr. Anthony Amoroso gained experience in the intensive care unit and the pediatric anesthesia department.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) developed guidelines for administering anesthesia to pediatric patients to reduce the likelihood of complications. The distinct physiology of infants and young children must be accounted for in order to safely administer anesthesia. 

For example, the size ratio between the tongue and the back of the throat make airway obstruction much more likely in young infants. The elevated risks have prompted some hospitals to only allow specialized anesthesiologists to sedate young patients, and only perform pediatric anesthesia in hospitals equipped with neonatal or pediatric care centers.

The AAP also recommends that hospitals are equipped with a pre-operation area that suitable for young children and their families and have a staff of recovery nurses certified by a Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course with a background in pediatric anesthesia.