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

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

All efforts to identify the decedent by hospital staff, law enforcement agencies or social service agencies should be well documented in the medical records. All deaths involving hip fractures if the attending physician believes the fracture caused or contributed to the cause of death. . ยท County of Los Angeles. MS, JD, RN.

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Still, except for the public hospital, other hospitals did little emergency work and would have unattended first aid or treatment room in which one could meet one's physician or have an intern provide care in the meanwhile. Organization and Specialization in Emergency Nursing. Advanced Emergency Nursing Blog.

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Many authors feel NTI is absolutely or relatively contraindicated with potential basilar skull fractures; there is also opinion arguing that airway protection trumps the extreme rarity of this complication. Intracranial placement of a nasotracheal tube after facial fracture: a rare complication. Sinusitis can occur in long intubation.