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Violent crimes in the pre-hospital and hospital setting
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Optimizing opioid prescriptions in the emergency department
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Low-dose short infusion ketamine as adjunct to morphine for acute long bone fracture in the emergency department: a randomized controlled trial
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Impact of intravenous accessibility and prehospital epinephrine use on survival outcomes of adult nontraumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients
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Diastolic/systolic blood pressure ratio for predicting febrile children with sepsis and progress to septic shock in the emergency department
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Strengthening care for emergencies: what is the level of awareness and utilization of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in FCT, Nigeria?
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A pilot study of 17 wrist-cutting suicide injuries in single institution: perspectives from a hand surgeon
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Emergency department triage: an ethical analysis
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ABCDE cognitive aid tool in patient assessment – development and validation in a multicenter pilot simulation study
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Unified treatment algorithm for the management of crotaline snakebite in the United States: results of an evidence-informed consensus workshop
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Is the APLS formula used to calculate weight-for-age applicable to a Trinidadian population?
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