How to manage a patient with lightning injury.
It may not be as bad as it looks--or it may be worse. Here's a two-stage assessment strategy to rescue your patient and minimize lasting harm.
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U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, Naval Hospital, Twenty-Nine Palms, CA.
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