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A 26-year-old white male was found by the highway patrol after the car he was driving struck a telephone pole. He was admitted to the emergency room within 15 minutes of the accident.
Reviewed by Dr. Steven A. Blau, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York.
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Berman, J. (1988). The Trauma Victim. In: Frost, E.A.M. (eds) Preanesthetic Assessment 1. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4818-7_2
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