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    and suspect. 17 year old Mercer Fink is currently being held by authorities, for questioning, in the Cold Spring Detention Center. All though she maintains her innocence, the teen has the evidence stacked up against her. The autopsy showed blunt force trauma and a gunshot wound to the head were the causes of death for each of the victims while the ballistic report proved that the bullets came from the Fink family gun. Further tests are being done, but it looks like the troubled teen will rot in

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    Blunt force trauma, Flail chest, Heamoneumothorax, Pulmonary contusion, Pericardial Tamponarde, Shock, Respiratory shock, Hemoragic shock, and brake or fracture. Steve is complaining of 8/10 pain on his left leg, it is clearly deformed, is a potential fracture or dislocation. This is not a life threatening injury but a major distracting injury. One of the patient’s main injuries is the 12 cm contusion on his left axial/anterior chest with 8/10 pain. When excessive blunt force trauma is applied

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    can do that would help a lot. I personally was amazed last year when Senator Blunt said something along the lines of the reason folks are graduating with so much debt is because of their lifestyle during school as if the extra bowl of ramen in the microwave was the reason that folks are graduating with an average of 26,000 dollars of debt. It 's interesting to hear Senator Blunt talk about Pell grants because Senator Blunt voted to cut Pell grants five years ago and he 's talking about is a situation

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    the Train. In the movie, audiences are captivated to watch a web of lies unravel until the spider is found. A longing for love, troubles with alcohol, endless hours of back and forth, and a malicious man plague the protagonist, Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt), as she tries to solve the puzzling mystery that surrounds the disappearance of Megan Hipwell (Haley Bennett). The Girl On the Train is an astounding film that shows how cinematic facades can reflect true tragedies and struggles that haunt people

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    1. Provide an overview of the initiative/program. In your overview you will be required to outline: The Ball Again initiative is one approach in which England Basketball is trying to increase the number of general public who play basketball. With support from sports coach UK, Sport England and selected county sports partnerships (CSPs), England Basketball has been able to measure the number and availability of possible coaches for the Ball Again initiative Ball Again is a participant-centred package

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    evident spleenic injury Introduction There is a trimodal distribution of mortality due to trauma. Patient will die of catastrophic internal injuries within seconds to minutes. Secondly, it is the significant blood loss causing death within minutes to hours. Finally, death due to multi organ failure will take days to weeks. Management within first few hour of injury is critical. We must follow the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) protocol in the initial work up of an injured patient as accepted worldwide

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    Introduction The topic proposed for research is to discuss and compare the techniques used by emergency medical services to fully immobilise a patient with suspected spinal injuries with two highly debatable methods, Spine Immobilisation and Spinal Motion Restriction (SMR). The research collected will determine the safest and most practical technique, comparing the advantages and disadvantages of the two. Discussion Spinal Immobilisation involves the use of a number of devices to stabilize

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    Jessica Reinhart 3/8/2017 Health Science II Trauma Surgeon     Trauma surgery encircles treatment of the most severe, life-threatening, pungent  and blunt force injuries. For example, car wrecks, sport injuries, heart attack, and suicide attempts. A career as a trauma surgeon involves operating on critical, and often several injuries to unlike organ systems. Some of the commonly operated on organs are the pancreas, spleen, stomach, and colon. Trauma surgeons also work with surgeons in other specialties

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    It is appreciated that the given case study contains other factors such as psychological trauma and the impact of blood loss. However this essay is going to explore the efficacy of pre hospital immobilisation utilising cervical collars and extrication/ orthopaedic stretchers, reflecting on an account from the paramedic’s practice. A modified framework of Gibbs Reflective cycle (1988) will be used. Including Description, Feelings, Evaluation, Conclusion and Action Plan. This essay is supported throughout

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    dictionary trauma is “an injury (as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent.” The intrinsic agent could be a fall, assault, or a car accident that creates the trauma. Trauma “is the leading cause of death in the 1-44 year old age group.” Trauma teams were set in place to help reduce the number of deaths caused by trauma by having different multidisciplinary working together. This correlates to the build cohesive teams through mutual trust principle of mission command. Trauma teams apply

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