#cmp1

CMP1 is a 10 week module, spanning from halfway through Term 1 to halfway through term 2 in yr 3, and is focused on using quantum mechancis to discuss solid matter, with a focus on crystals.

We will apparently be discussing free electron models, band theories, semiconductors, magnetism, and superconductors with a neat aside on why frogs levitate in strong magnetic fields (very excited to learn this)

So far the actual Quantum Nature of the course hasn’t been very forthright, but I’m assured that it will make an appearance, we have just discussed Brillouin Zones and the reciprocal Lattice vector, after some 1d diatomic chains and their dispersion relations.

St.Emlyn’s takes a NAP

Thinking about a NAP after reading the title? If you’re an emergency clinician, you probably came to this post thinking one of two things:

A nap? They sound pretty cool, I could use one of those.

What’s a nap? Can I eat it?

Sadly, no, this time we’re not talking about that mysterious state known as sleep1 (i.e. that thing you do in between shifts), and it’s not a type of delicious cake. We’ll be…

Icatibant for ACE inhibitor induced angio-oedema

Patients presenting to the ED are tending to get older, have more co-morbidities and take more medications. As this happens, in my experience we seem to see more patients with complications of those medications. Something we often see in the ED is angio-oedema1in patients who are taking ACE inhibitors. This is said to be caused by an accumulation of bradykinin. The angio-oedema usually affects…