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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

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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. Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care: WWII and Korean War military medical experience and progress.

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Breaking the Sound Barrier (to Action)

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Fractures and dislocations that are being reduced can produce a snap or click as the parts mesh again. We would rather hear the happy and efficient hum of a department that is running well, for the moment, and patients are doing OK, and are satisfied. There goes the chance to test for a startle reflex!

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

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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. . · Accessed 07/30/2016.

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

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Expiratory airway obstruction may well have been frequently misdiagnosed as it can produce breath-stacking and ball-valve obstruction that impedes any airflow with mask ventilation if neither a nasal nor an oral airway is used and the lips have closed under the mask. Lubricate well. Sinusitis can occur in long intubation. Marlow, T.