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How to Treat an Amputated Limb During First Aid. Amputation is the complete severing of a body part from the body. This is a major traumatic injury, and the injured person must be treated for shock and evacuated from the backcountry immediately.... ... eHow Article: How to Treat an Amputated Limb During First Aid...
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www.ehow.com/how_5405_treat-amputated-limb.html
www.ehow.com/how_5405_treat-amputated-limb.html
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Blockages in the arteries result in insufficient blood supply to the limb. Because diabetes can cause hardening of the arteries, about 30-40% of amputations are performed in patients with diabetes. Patients with diabetes can develop foot/toe ulceration and about 7% of patients will have an active ulcer or a healed ulcer.
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www.vascular.co.nz/Amputation%20surgery.htm
www.vascular.co.nz/Amputation%20surgery.htm
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Amputate, but only if there is strong reason to think that they will risk death to make their limb unhealthy and only after psychiatric treatment fails. ... Amputate the limb - the customer (patient) is always right.
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atheism.about.com/b/a/257558.htm
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The illustration to the left is the famous “ sensory homunculus ” described by Penrose , the representation of the body mapped onto the sensory cortex . This is, of course, the root of the problem of phantom limbs, because although the limb...
http://followmehere.com/2009/03/23/how-do-you-amputate-...
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In one breakthrough example, Ramachandran, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego, devised a seemingly simple experiment to explore a puzzle that has confounded doctors since at least the 16th century: the sensation that a ghostly limb remains after the amputation of a body part.
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www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101788221
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Limb Salvage vs. amputation: When is it time to call it quits was presented by J. Tracy Watson, MD, in a seminar of the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society in conjunction with the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
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www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/63320.php
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The decision to salvage or amputate a severely injured limb is one of the most difficult an orthopaedic surgeon may face. ... One of the most difficult decisions an orthopaedic surgeon may face is that of whether to salvage or amputate a severely injured limb. Such a decision is rarely clear-cut.
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www.medscape.com/viewarticle/410430
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Topics you will find on this Web site or keywords to use in library searches include amputations, congenital limb difference, limb difference, prosthetics, amputate, peer support groups, healthcare, advocacy, youth, diabetes and amputation, cancer and amputation, cardiovascular disease and amputation.
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www.amputee-coalition.org/
www.amputee-coalition.org/
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Pillows can be used to support the remaining part of the limb. Amputations may create chronic pain or phantom limb feelings. These side effects can interfere with sexual desire and distract a person during sex. The American Cancer Society offers information about managing pain control.
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www.cancer.org/docroot/MBC/content/MBC_3_3X_Limb_Amputa...
www.cancer.org/docroot/MBC/content/MBC_3_3X_Limb_Amputation.asp
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