Emergency Medicine Reports – November 23, 2008

November 23, 2008

• Evaluation and Management of Blunt Trauma Patients in the Emergency Department

  Victims of blunt trauma are frequently encountered in the emergency department (ED). Forty percent of all ED visits each year are attributed to injury, which equates to about 40 million ED visits annually. Additionally, approximately one-third of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in the United States are trauma-related.

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