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Memorial Day Afterthoughts

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." One may reflect that morally this applies as much to indigenous health workers, or those of a 'Non-Governmental Organization', as it does to the health services of the superpower militaries. Suggestion does not equal endorsement. Readers must verify validity to their own practice.

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

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Trimble, BVMs] Many physicians of this era had experience of WWII and Korean War military medicine; they were joined by younger men who used GI Bill benefits to enter medicine, and then honed their skills in Vietnam. Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care: WWII and Korean War military medical experience and progress.

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Finding Positive Aspects in Negative Experiences

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"Lessons Learned," as the military call it, can come from negative experiences as from positive experiences. Such cases do not necessarily require personal involvement to be memorable. "Lessons Indeed, were it not so, there would be little use for 'Morbidity & Mortality' conferences.

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Stop the bloodshed!

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Having studied the avoidable causes of death, and finding the erstwhile fears of a prolonged tourniquet time in place to be no longer valid, the military has striven that each man has a tested and chosen tourniquet. Academic Emergency Medicine, 22(9), 1093-1095. Military medicine, 176(10), 1144-1152. Kragh Jr, J. O'Neill, M.

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Early Modern Resuscitators

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Joseph Kreiselman’s portable concertina-like bellows was invented and deployed in the US military from 1943 followed by the UK’s Porton Resuscitator, postwar, from its secret chemical research facility and used industrially into the early 1960s. Czech Military resuscitation kit, 1969, mfr. AMBU Mark III (mil) RDIC resuscitator for U.S.

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Time, the subtle thief of youth

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" Having a " Take Your Daughter To Work Day " conveys little, and necessarily is as sanitized beyond recognition as the silly 'medical' and 'emergency' dramas on television. My own career includes both prehospital and in-hospital care. Were we always clear upon what really bothered them?

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Why is there a firehose of information from which to drink?

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Thus, military necessities generated for some the social mobility and respect that gave them a leg up in the world. " for the increase & diffusion of knowledge among men " from the bequest by James Smithson, FRS, of his estate to found what became The Smithsonian Institution. Readers must verify validity to their own practice.