Dräger Review 119: the Struggle for Raw Materials
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Dräger Review Dräger Review 119 Technology for Life 2019 First issue 2019 issue First Harmony How the traditional and aw Materials and Resources modern are combining in a Chinese hospital p. 20 R Freezing Cold Firefighters also respond in Greenland when things get too hot p. 30 Farmyard Smell Swiss scientists want to cut ammonia concentrations p. 46 The Struggle for Raw Materials The future of humanity depends on resources Contents 119 6 RUNNING ON RAW MATERIALS Rare earth elements get e-mobility up and running. The resources in the materials we use to build the future are generally rare. The struggle for them is fascinating and even creative. PHOTOS: PICTUREPHOTOS: ALLIANCE/REUTERS, MATTHIAS JUNG, PATRICK OHLIGSCHLÄGER; PHOTO: COVER JON BOWER/APEXPHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES Around 3,700 kilometers was the distance traveled by the ash cloud after the Kilauea volcano erupted in May 2018, south-westerly from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands – turn to page 68. 40 LOOK UP Most people associate organ donation with hearts, kidneys, or livers. Yet corneas are transplanted in Germany much more frequently. The procedure can save a person’s sight. 62 One of the biggest centers specializing in this A GOOD NOSE treatment is the eye clinic at University Medical Center Mainz. Several hundred corneas are In some respects, military working transplanted here every year. dogs make better comrades. No technology in the world can beat them when it comes to highlighting dangers. What device can sniff out explosives, bark loudly, and bite on command? Germany’s armed forces breed their own, allowing them to train them when they are young. 2 DRÄGER REVIEW 119 | 1 / 2019 4 46 IMPRINT People going places Breathing in the calf shed PUBLISHER: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Zhou Xujian works as a senior Ammonia smells unpleasant, even Corporate Communications nurse in China. Yassine Tajouaout to the cattle. It is formed when dung EDITORIAL ADDRESS: is a trainee in Hesse. and urine decompose. Gas detectors Moislinger Allee 53–55, 23558 Lübeck, Germany are helping to reduce the impact. 6 E-mail: [email protected] Coveted resources 52 EDITING: The demand for raw materials High and dry Björn Wölke (editor-in-chief), Simone Binder Tel. +49-451-882-2009, Fax +49-451-882-2080 is growing, but the supply is limited. Working at sea calls for maximum EDITING CONSULTANT: The global economy is in a quandary. concentration and readiness for Nils Schiffhauer What solutions are there? From action. There is no room for alcohol ART DIRECTION, DESIGN, IMAGE EDITING, AND COORDINATION: recycling to asteroid mining! and drugs here. Redaktion 4 GmbH FINAL EDITING: 20 56 Lektornet GmbH PRINTING: Tradition meets modernity Doctor Reddy’s hunt for the record Lehmann Offsetdruck GmbH People around the world are The world’s biggest hospital specializing ISSN: 1869-7275 physically similar. Yet in China things in gastroenterology is being built in the CODE NUMBER: 90 70 452 are somewhat different. Indian city of Hyderabad. The articles in Dräger Review pro- vide information on products and 26 62 their possible applications in gen- Summoning spirits More or less best friends eral. They do not constitute any Germans also distill whisky. And Germany’s armed forces train their guarantee that a product has spe- cifi c properties or is suitable for the stuff made in Baden-Württemberg working dogs in their own school, where any specifi c purpose. Specialist per- is well worth tasting. they learn to act independently and sonnel are required to make use exclusively of the skills they have courageously – to protect the soldiers. acquired through their education 30 and training and through practical experience. The views, opinions, and statements expressed by the persons Storm over Greenland 68 named in the texts as well as by external authors of ar- Where there is ice, there is also fire. Built on fire ticles do not necessarily represent those of Drägerwerk And where there is fire, the fire Bubbling volcanoes are part of everyday life AG & Co. KGaA. Such views, opinions, and statements are solely the opinions of the people concerned. department is generally never far away – on Hawaii. Since the latest eruptions, the © Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, 2019. All rights reserved. this also goes for the community of local fire department has been using portable This publication may not be reproduced, stored in a data 2,000 people in the east of the island. gas detection equipment from Dräger. system, or transmitted in any form or using any method, whether electronic or mechanical, by means of photocopy- ing, recording, or any other technique, in whole or in part, 36 71 without the prior permission of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA. Surgery on Deck Two Our contribution Not all of the products named in this magazine are avail- Dream job on a dream boat? Maybe, Products from Dräger found in able worldwide. Equipment packages can vary from coun- try to country. We reserve the right to make changes to or at least a little! Everyday life on board articles in this issue. products. Up-to-date information is available from your for the ship’s doctor is one thing above Dräger representative. all else: challenging and demanding. 72 Information on how personal data is processed in line with the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation Pac 8500 can be found here: 40 This device measures two gases https://www.draeger.com/en_corp/Home/Data-Protection Ultrathin layers simultaneously, providing an acoustic and Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck, manufactures the If the eye’s cornea goes cloudy, visual warning signal as well as vibrating. X-plore 3500, the MRC 5000, the X-am 8000 (all p. 12), the chemical protective suits (pp. 28, 32 f.), the breathing appara- it must be replaced. The transplant tus (p. 28), the ammonia sensor (p. 46 ff.), the Polytron C300 technique is fascinating. (p. 51), the Alcotest 5820 (p. 55), the X-am 5000 (p. 70), and the Pac 8500 (p. 72). Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck, manufactures the Fabius Tiro (p. 24), the Oxylog 3000 plus (p. 38 f.), the gas management system (p. 58 f.), the Movita ceiling supply unit, and the Polaris 600 OR light (p. 58). www.draeger.com DRÄGER REVIEW 119 | 1 / 2019 3 EXPERIENCE FROM AROUND THE WORLD People Going Places PHOTOS: PATRICK OHLIGSCHLÄGER, PETER THOMAS; OHLIGSCHLÄGER, PETER THOMAS; PATRICK PHOTOS: TEXTS: PETER NILS SCHIFFHAUER, THOMAS Zhou Xujian, 30, senior earned me a scholarship – even during tions always makes me happy. Since intensive care nurse at the the one-year internship that accompanied we also involve relatives in our work, Central Hospital in Lishui, the course of study. After getting I sense the success of our team all the Zhejiang province/China started, I joined the intensive care unit more. Although I have already achieved some years later, although I had to quite a lot professionally, I would like to go “I have been working at this hospital complete a special three-month training even further. That is why I am taking for more than nine years; our unit has course beforehand. It was especially continuing professional development 29 beds. I wanted to be a nurse for two unsettling at the beginning. We had a courses here at the hospital and in reasons: Firstly, it is easy to find a job 90-year-old patient who had been my free time. I would love to enroll on anywhere in the world in this profession. with us for a year, and I cried when he the ISPN* program, work internation- Secondly, thanks to my training I am also passed away. The fate of my patients ally as a nurse, and get involved in research in a position to offer expert assistance continues to affect me to this day, even projects. I like to embroider in my to other people when I am not at work, though I now keep a more professional spare time. It helps me to switch off – especially my family and friends. The distance. It wouldn’t be possible to do and the works I produce can also three-year bachelor’s course was tough. the job on a long-term basis other- be given to people as gifts.” I was pleased that my achievements wise. Helping people in difficult situa- * International Standards for Professional Nurses 4 DRÄGER REVIEW 119 | 1 / 2019 Yassine Tajouaout, 21, trainee pipe, sewer, and industrial works specialist at Raunheim/ Rüsselsheim City Services, Hesse/Germany “Safety is our number one priority. We maintain a network of sewage pipes around 350 kilometers in length, together with the pump stations. This often involves the sewage workers inspecting underground systems. In such cases, they carry a mobile gas detector and a self-rescuer. A colleague secures them with a cord. I know how important such safety precautions are – to protect us from sewer gases and other hazardous substances that we may encounter in the sewer network. At the vocational college we also learn about the physical and chemical background to our work. The job is extremely diverse and technically demanding. This is also evident in our “helicopter” – an orange and red four-axle truck designed specifically for sewer work. It is named after a helicopter because its jib can spin on its own axis with the flushing hose. We don’t just carry out inspections, maintenance, and cleaning work underground, but also take care of natural sites, where surface water collects and drains off. The thing I find interesting about the sewer network in both of our cities is the fact that you can see how they have developed over the years.