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Penetrating chest trauma

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Grabbing a pristine white table napkin to apply pressure to the wound, Ranulf’s class teacher and expedition leader called the ambulance as chaos descended on the restaurant. Tarquin screamed and pulled the knife straight back out, but blood started to spurt from the decent-sized incision he had accidentally made. The trauma call goes out.

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Popular Antiobesity Medications Bring New Challenges to Emergency Physicians

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Patient C, a 27-year-old female with a history of epilepsy, taking valproate and endorsing adherence, is then brought in by ambulance for a witnessed seizure. ACS chemical neuroscience molecule spotlight on Contrave. ACS Chem Neurosci. This is her first seizure in six years. Accessed January 11, 2024. 2011;2(9):484-486.

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ToxCard: Crotalid Envenomation Part 2 – CroFab vs. AnaVip: What’s the Difference?

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Plasma half-life of the F(ab’) 2 antivenom is significantly longer at 5.5 On follow-up 1 week later, the patient was doing well, ambulating and playing without significant discomfort. link] Li Z, Krippendorff BF, Sharma S, Walz AC, Lavé T, Shah DK. 5 Figure 1. Table 1: Comparison of F(ab) and F(ab’) 2 antivenoms.