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with the pain with turning his head left or right, could be a popped ligament holding either a clavicular head or a costochondral separation...would give a crepitent feeling (subjective) and maybe palpable to an examiner. Have also seen a manubrium separate from the sternum proper from trauma.
Patton368: Have it checked out by the doc/PA.......
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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