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I'm happy to see this one got picked up quickly, good job. Keep the simple things in mind when you come across symptoms that add up to disaster ; it's not rocket science but there is doing good medicine and not taking signs and symptoms for granted, ie chest discomfort after a long PT, etc. any murmur an 'athlete' should be checked by an echo not some other non anatomic test.
ss
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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