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Causes of death among 174 patients with life-threatening neurologic disease in EDs.

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Risk stratification by initial chest pain category for AMI, 30-day PTCA/CABG, 30-day life-threatening complication, and death.

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A, Twelve-lead ECG in a patient on PD with life-threatening hyperkalemia at presentation revealing sinus tachycardia with anterolateral ST and T wave abnormalities. B, Electrocardiogram 35 minutes after presentation showing worsening tachycardia with new incomplete right bundle-branch block.

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Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment protocol.

Based on respiratory rate, perfusion (radial pulse presence and capillary refill time), and mental status (ability to obey command), the START procedure sorts patients into 4 triage categories, which include (1) Red tag: Victim requires immediate intervention and transport. Medical attention is required within (60) minutes for survival; (2) Yellow tag: Victim’s transport may be delayed. Serious and potentially life-threatening injuries are included in this strata, but patient status is not expected to deteriorate significantly over several hours; (3) Green tag: Victim had relatively minor injuries and may be able to assist in his/her own care. A proportion will require additional secondary triage; (4) Black tag: Victim is unlikely to survive given severity of injuries, level of available care, or both. Palliative care and pain relief should be provided.

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Patient enrollment. BLS: Basic Life Support; ALS: Advanced Life Support.

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Proportion of threatening PTXs. Percentages represent the number of PTXs drained before CT or classified as large on CT scan divided by the number of PTXs in each group. The samples indicated represent the number of PTXs in each group. The 133 overt PTXs included the 10 PTXs drained before CT without chest x-ray.

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Relationship between the half-life of CBZ and the dose of charcoal.

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The percentage of the total shoulder dislocations of patients in each decade of life.

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Estimated annual life cycle energy requirements of US EMS systems (PJ) (mean, 95% CI).

Abbreviations: PJ, petajoule; ‘Petroleum,’ petroleum and refineries sector; ‘Retail,’ retail trade sector.

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Non-contrast CT scan of abdomen.

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Non-contrast CT scan of abdomen.

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Life Recovery Systems (Life Recovery Systems, HD, LLC, Kinnelon, NJ) TSS, an advanced surface cooling system, for the rapid cooling used in the experiments (external water-circulating pump not shown).

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The flow chart of the experimental protocol. Timeline expressed in minutes. The line indicates elapsed mean intervals until the start of each intervention. CA, cardiac arrest. BLS, base life support. ACLS, advanced cardiac life support.

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Advanced cardiac life support. A, Cardiac arrest group 1. B, Cardiac arrest group 2.

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Advanced cardiac life support. A, Miscellaneous group 1. B, Miscellaneous group 2.

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The percentage of fracture-dislocations among patients with shoulder dislocations in each decade of life with 95% confidence intervals.