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Major Trauma – Injuries by Assault

Don't Forget the Bubbles

In the bleeding trauma patient, fluid resuscitation aims to avoid the diamond of death (acidosis, coagulopathy, hypothermia and hypocalcaemia). Since 2022, NFS has become a specific crime in its own right, separate from assault. link] Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. link] Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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Signs of malnutrition – which places patients at higher risk for infection – can include cachexia, muscular wasting, sunken eyes, redundant skin folds, edema, brittle skin and hair, bradycardia, hypotension, and hypothermia. Viral hemorrhagic fevers and their regions in Africa.