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Step Patient Evaluating Moi Car Versus Pedestrian Collision Event Estimate

Front What should the first step be when evaluating the MOI in a car-versus-pedestrian collision?
Back In this event, your first step should be to estimate the speed of the vehicle that struck the patient; next determine whether the patient was thrown through the air and at what distance or whether the patient was pulled under the vehicle.

Tags: 22, emergencies, overview, trauma

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