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Question: A 28-year-old male presented to a freestanding ED at midnight after being struck on the head from a lava lamp that fell off his headboard bookshelf. He reported the injury occurred about 45 minutes prior with excessive bleeding that was controlled after pressure was applied with a clean damp cloth for some time. He had recently finished a dialysis [...]
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