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Major Trauma – Injuries by Assault

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Information should be shared, ideally with the young persons consent, with social care and any other agencies (nationwide or local) that may be able to support, e.g. independent domestic violence advocate, victim support, and sexual assault referral entre. Non-fatal strangulation: in physical and sexual assault.

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2086 The value of emergency care data set (ECDS) presentation codes for predicting mortality and inpatient admission

Emergency Medicine Journal

Method and Design We conducted an observational retrospective cohort study on patients who visited ED in 2021. Abstract 2086 Table 1 Presentations Total first presentation over 2021 Total deaths (within 30 days ) Admission Admission (%) Percentage of deaths [CI ] INJURY OF SHOULDER/ARM/ELBOW/WRIST/HAND 8416 4 424 5 0.05[0.018

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Case Report: Intimate Partner Sexual Assault?

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Case A 24-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) claiming to be sexually assaulted by her friend-with-benefits sexual partner. She wants to file a police report and have a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) exam performed. Afterward she is visibly upset, angry, and crying. percent versus 15.1

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The 88th Bubble Wrap x Chesterfield GP Training group

Don't Forget the Bubbles

One of the harmful effects of smartphone use is detailed here: Technology-facilitated sexual assault in children and adolescents – Don’t Forget the Bubbles. Clinicians from 56 of the 144 study practices were randomly selected and invited via email to participate in structured telephone interviews.

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A Practical Approach to HIV/AIDS: Part 1

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US Department of Health and Human Services; 2021. National Institutes of Health (NIH); 2021. Sexual Assault and Abuse and STIs Adolescents and Adults.; Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021. Comparing HIV1 and HIV2 infection: Lessons for viral immunopathogenesis. Rev Med Virol.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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These patients suffer from untreated physical injuries, including gunshot wounds, shrapnel, accidents, envenomations, sequelae of physical or sexual assault, and heat exhaustion/heat stroke. 2021-0784 Long B, MacDonald A, Liang SY, et al. Published online July 1, 2021. Viral hemorrhagic fevers and their regions in Africa.