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Hand Examination & Pathology

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Descriptive Terms When describing injuries of the hand for documentation or referral purposes it is important to know the terminology that is widely in use in order to convey an accurate description to others. Hand dominance, mechanism of injury and vascular, neurological, and musculoskeletal status should all be evaluated and documented.

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Pediatric Gender Medicine -

Sensible Medicine

24% experience severe domestic violence (the national average is 18%). They are unemployed at double the rate of the general population. 90% of trans people experience workplace harassment. 30-50% of trans people attempt suicide. A quarter of trans people die by the age of 69, as opposed to 77 for the general population.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

EMDocs

4,5 Of particular concern is the Sudanese conflict, which began in April 2023, and which has caused the largest internal displacement of a population in documented history. About three-quarters of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa serve as origin or destination points for refugees.