The branch of medicine concerned with the evaluation and initial treatment of urgent and emergent medical problems, such as those caused by accidents, trauma, sudden illness, poisoning, or disasters. Emergency medical care can be provided at the hospital or at sites outside the medical facility.
    

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Army certificate of identity for civilians wearing the red cross brassard.

The surgical treatment of burns : a clinical report of 789 cases / by Tord Skoog.

Examination of the hand.

Dissertatio medica de crisibus et diebus criticis : in usum alumnorum collegii medicinae peruanae, vulgó de la independecia, in civitate limana / à Emmanuele Valdes.

Surgical emergencies in practice / by W.H.C. Romanis and Philip H. Mitchiner.

Autopsy: emergency room. Part 1, Minutes from death.

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The surgical treatment of burns : a clinical report of 789 cases / by Tord Skoog.

Examination of the hand.

Dissertatio medica de crisibus et diebus criticis : in usum alumnorum collegii medicinae peruanae, vulgó de la independecia, in civitate limana / à Emmanuele Valdes.

Surgical emergencies in practice / by W.H.C. Romanis and Philip H. Mitchiner.

Autopsy: emergency room. Part 1, Minutes from death.