title: Thoughts on three primary contact situations.
abstract: Some thoughts on three subjects relevant to primary contact medicine are expressed. Gastric lavage, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and diagnosis of clinical death are subjects which test the clinical acumen of every casualty officer.
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005751:Gastric Lavage; D006801:Humans; D012151:Resuscitation