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"The crowner hath sat on her and finds it Christian burial." [Hamlet]

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

All deaths involving hip fractures if the attending physician believes the fracture caused or contributed to the cause of death. If the fracture is to appear anywhere on the death certificate, the certificate must be completed by the Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner and not by the attending physician. ยท 2003 Revision.

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Many authors feel NTI is absolutely or relatively contraindicated with potential basilar skull fractures; there is also opinion arguing that airway protection trumps the extreme rarity of this complication. Intracranial placement of a nasotracheal tube after facial fracture: a rare complication. Sinusitis can occur in long intubation.