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Chemical Burns

Mind The Bleep

Chemical burns are a unique subset of burns that require specialised management due to the nature of the substances involved. The majority of acid burns cause coagulative necrosis and cytotoxicity leading to skin and mucosal changes that limit deeper injury. Keep the patient warm using force air warmers such as Bairhugger.

Burns 52
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The 50-year Failure of American Health Care

Sensible Medicine

we’ve poisoned the food supply, engineered highly-addictive additives, and coated food with pesticides. As a result, one-third of doctors are burned out and doctors have the highest suicide rate of any profession. The old guard has chalked up our chronic disease epidemic to “sedentary lifestyle and obesity.”

Research 145
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2086 The value of emergency care data set (ECDS) presentation codes for predicting mortality and inpatient admission

Emergency Medicine Journal

BURN 478 0 35 7.3 POISONING FROM ANY SOURCE 179 0 8 4.5 BURN 478 0 35 7.3 POISONING FROM ANY SOURCE 179 0 8 4.5 TOOTHACHE) 574 0 107 18.6 0[0 , 0.66] INJURY OF LOWER BACK 573 1 76 13.3 0.031 , 0.98] POSTOPERATIVE/MEDICAL DEVICE WITH COMPLICATION 571 4 221 38.7 VAGINAL BLEEDING (ABNORMAL) 559 1 178 31.8 0.65 , 2.7]