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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. Non-fatal strangulation: in physical and sexual assault. General Medical Council.

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2086 The value of emergency care data set (ECDS) presentation codes for predicting mortality and inpatient admission

Emergency Medicine Journal

Drowsy (11.97%), Hypothermia (13.04%) and Cyanosis (10%) were also high risk categories. 0[0 , 12] HYPOTHERMIA 23 3 11 47.8 0[0 , 32] STATES VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT 8 0 0 0 0[0 , 32] TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION 7 0 4 57.1 Chest pain was not a high risk presenting complaint. NEEDLESTICK/BODY FLUIDS) 113 0 12 10.6 0.23 , 6.9]

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

EMDocs

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.