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    Casualty I and II

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    John was badly injured in an accident and taken to the hospital. At the hospital, John's leg injury was explored and his fractured tibia and fibula were repaired through surgery. After the surgery, John's leg was placed in a plaster cast and he was taken to the orthopedic ward to recover.

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    Casualty I and II

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    John was badly injured in an accident and taken to the hospital. At the hospital, John's leg injury was explored and his fractured tibia and fibula were repaired through surgery. After the surgery, John's leg was placed in a plaster cast and he was taken to the orthopedic ward to recover.

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    John was badly injured in an accident and taken to the hospital. At the hospital, John's leg injury was explored and his fractured tibia and fibula were repaired through surgery. After the surgery, John's leg was placed in a plaster cast and he was taken to the orthopedic ward to recover.

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    Casualty I and II

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    John was badly injured in an accident and taken to the hospital. At the hospital, John's leg injury was explored and his fractured tibia and fibula were repaired through surgery. After the surgery, John's leg was placed in a plaster cast and he was taken to the orthopedic ward to recover.

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    Casualty I

    1. John was badly shocked and in great pain.

    2. Some people who saw the accident laid him in a comfortable position on the pavement and
    telephoned for an ambulance.

    3. The driver of the car that knocked John down covered him with a coat and tried to comfort him.

    4. When the ambulance arrived, John was lifted onto a stretcher, put into the ambulance and driven to a
    hospital that was not far away.

    5. The nurse who admitted him.

    6. To combat the shock and the pain.

    7. Because o combat the shock and the pain.

    8. Lacerated and contused.

    9. John had sustained a compound fracture of the tibia and fibula.

    10. To sign a consent for operation form.

    Casualty II

    1. John will be given an anesthetic and his wound will be explored.

    2. His wound will be exolored

    3. The x-rays which were taken by the radiographer will show the surgeon the exact site and extent of
    the fracture.

    4. Dead or dirty tissue will be excised.

    5. Any small splinters of bone will be removed.

    6. To reduce the chances of infection.

    7. He will dust it off with an antibiotic powder.

    8. Cover it with a sterile gauze dressing.

    9. Any areas that are raw will be dressed with sterile Vaseline petroleum jelly gauze.

    10. He will reduce the bones into their anatomical position.

    11. The leg will be put in plaster of Paris.


    12. John will then be taken back to an orthopedic ward.

    13. He is carefully lifted from the stretcher and laid in a specially prepared bed. The foot of the bed is
    often raised on wooden blocks.

    14. The patient is placed on his back with his head turned to one side.

    15. An artificial airway.

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