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the literature on steroids was greatly flawed but somehow accepted in the past. The only reason it still is given is the medicolegal nightmare it would cause until the literature PROVES it doesn't work...a scientific study in reverse...I predict this will no longer be used within the next 2-3 yrs.
The problem with any SCI is the need for immobility and in a tactical or under fire scenerio, it would be difficult, if not impossible to do no further harm when trying to evac someone out from a hot zone.
The hope lies in the future with either genetic re-engineering or stem cells that can fix the damage....trying to prevent more damage carrying someone out from a firefight, good luck, they'll be alive but likely with increased cord injury. Unless they can remain behind hard cover until they can be properly immobilized, there is a great risk.
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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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