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Key Victories for Emergency Medicine at the State Level

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billion for specialty-care rate increases, $500 million for hospital emergency-department reimbursement, at least $500 million for family planning and reproductive-health care, and $600 million for behavioral-health facilities, including some for new inpatient psychiatric beds. billion for primary-care rate increases, $1.15

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Forensic Evaluation of Motor Vehicle Accidents

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Case A 35-year-old male is brought to the emergency department (ED) following a single-motor-vehicle collision in which two people were ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. Dr. Riviello is chair and professor of emergency medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Discussion There were over 2.1

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

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Act V, scene I [Text from Folger Shakespeare Library] [Audio recording of Dramatic Reading; Chapter Vox] [Video recording of Act V, scene1] Most deaths that are brought to, or occur in, an emergency department will require, at least, discussion with the local Coroner or Medical Examiner.

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Ballistic Follies

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

It is critically important to document the physical findings in a plain-seeing, plain-speaking, non-judgmental manner that will not color or taint future investigations. In short, describe the simple appearance of wounds and findings, and the body’s response, without any forensic conclusions. Emergency medicine practice, 13(12), 1-30.