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Defining Emergency

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I originally wrote this piece in December, 2010. When thinking about emergency room settings, even, one can easily correlate the words of Webster to what one would necessitate to be a situation requiring emergency medical treatment. To office appointments sent to the ER because "we are overbooked today." Broken bones.

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The Witness

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On arrival to our ER, we found this patient to be in pulseless ventricular tachycardia--a malignant, life-threatening electrical rhythm of the heart. Following ACLS protocol, we hurriedly shocked this patient several times, performed CPR and administered multiple doses of medications to combat this rhythm. More medications were given.

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