What’s in this for patients is obvious and Dr. Rushton benefits, too. “I sleep better,” he said. “I’m not waking up at 3 a.m. anymore, thinking: Is that blood blister on that six-year-old’s hand going to get so big that he’ll be the exception, the patient who will lose blood flow? I don’t worry about those things nearly as much anymore.”
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ACEP Now: Vol 41 – No 11 – November 2022Maura Kelly, a health writer, is a special contributor to ACEP Now.
References
- The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Venomous snakes. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/snakes/default.html. Updated June 28, 2021. Accessed October 9, 2022.
- Rushton W, Rivera J, Brown J, Kurz M, Arnold J. Utilization of thromboelastograms in management of Crotalus adamanteus envenomation. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2021;59(3):256-9.
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