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The Private Equity Wave in Health Care

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billion dollars in one of the largest leveraged buyouts since the 2008 financial crisis, of which over 7 billion dollars was new debt obligation.18 He was shocked when the hospital CEO took him up on it, but a year later, volumes increased 30 percent with his emphasis on quality rather than cost-cutting.

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ED Airway Control —When Two Lives Are At Stake!

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

In rural Critical Access Hospitals, or austere conditions, you may be all that is available. The weight of the fetus upon the aorta and IVC, especially when supine, embarrasses return circulation, contributes to shock, and O 2 delivery to the fetus may be sluggish. Use the NODESAT technique. Monitor oximetry and capnography.