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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). It can cause significant internal injuries, including carotid artery dissection, stroke, and acquired brain injury, but in 50% of patients, there are no external signs of injury.

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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.