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

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

" The ideal is a fully funded Medical Examiner's department when the incumbent or staff are board-certified Forensic Pathologists. Regardless, there are an insufficient number of qualified forensic pathologists to assume office everywhere. The Early History and Influence of the Office of Coroner. Accessed 07/30/2016. 2003 Revision.

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Case Report: Intimate Partner Sexual Assault?

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If law enforcement authorization is required for medical forensic examination (MFE) to be performed or paid for, it most likely will be denied. Dr. Rozzi is an emergency physician, secretary of the Forensic Examiner Team at WellSpan York Hospital in York, Pennsylvania, and chair of the Forensic Section of ACEP. CDC website.

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ToxCard: Tetanus and Strychnine – Expanding the Differential for Severe Muscle Spasm

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Forensic Sci Int. 2016.07.025 Pinkbook: Tetanus | CDC. Liquid chromatography/photodiode array detection for determination of strychnine in blood: a fatal case report. 2004;141(1):17-21. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.12.010 2003.12.010 Otter J, D’Orazio JL. Strychnine Toxicity. In: StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing; 2022. J Emerg Med.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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57 Emergency clinicians should strongly consider infectious disease (ID) consult or speaking with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for treatment recommendations in cases of newly-diagnosed malaria given that malaria is not endemic in the US. In: CDC Yellow Book 2024. In: CDC Yellow Book 2024. 57 Table 2.