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Emergency Care for the VIP Patient

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Intensive Care Medicine

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On March 30, 1981, a 70-year-old Caucasian male walked into George Washington Hospital emergency room in Washington, DC, complaining of dyspnea after sustaining a gunshot wound. The patient collapsed upon his arrival and was immediately brought to the trauma room where the emergency room team resuscitated him. Once the patient was stable, he was transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU).

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  1. Center for Executive Medicine, PO Box 30907, Phoenix, AZ, 85046, USA

    E. C. Mariano & J. A. McLeod

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent MD, PhD, FCCM, FCCP (Head) (Head)

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Mariano, E.C., McLeod, J.A. (2007). Emergency Care for the VIP Patient. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49518-7_88

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