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SGEM#420: I get knocked down, but I get up again – do I have a scaphoid fracture?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Which clinical features best predict occult scaphoid fractures? He will soon be transitioning out of the US military after […] The post SGEM#420: I get knocked down, but I get up again – do I have a scaphoid fracture? Which clinical features best predict occult scaphoid fractures? Emerg Med J. Emerg Med J. Emerg Med J.

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Trauma Resuscitation Updates

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Pelvic Fracture A score ≥2 present, consider MTP Clinical Take Home Point: Use of balanced transfusion (including PRBCs and clotting factors) helps avoid dilutional coagulopathy WHOLE BLOOD VS COMPONENT THERAPY Kronstedt S et al. The Role of Whole Blood Transfusions in Civilian Trauma: A Review of Literature in Military and Civilian Trauma.

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

In fact, one of my surgeon grandfather's ortho buddies (perhaps with the help of some lunchtime martinis) took a look at the x-rays of my Boxer's Fracture and snapped it back into place without any analgesia or procedural sedation, casted me, and sent me home. Still no pain medicine. 1950s & 1960s Resuscitation Research.