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Major Trauma – Injuries by Assault

Don't Forget the Bubbles

E.g. burns, neurosurgery, interventional radiology. In the bleeding trauma patient, fluid resuscitation aims to avoid the diamond of death (acidosis, coagulopathy, hypothermia and hypocalcaemia). How common do you think domestic violence is in adolescent relationships, and is this injury mechanism significant?

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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Signs of malnutrition – which places patients at higher risk for infection – can include cachexia, muscular wasting, sunken eyes, redundant skin folds, edema, brittle skin and hair, bradycardia, hypotension, and hypothermia. Physical injuries and burns among refugees in Lebanon: implications for programs and policies.