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Unexploded Ordnance in an Expectant Patient

Source: Adapted from: Howell, Christopher M., Joseph S. Sontgerath, und Luke B. Simonet. 2016. «Unexploded Ordnance in an Expectant Patient: A Case Report». Military Medicine 181 (3): e302–5. https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00213.

Questions for the discussion of this scenario

How do you react to the possible danger from the UXO?
Can the possibility of UXO influence the ordinary triage process? If so, in what ways?



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