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Question: Chief Complaint Neck Pain following MVA HPI Vital signs per nurses notes
Unable to obtain History and ROS due to severe illness/injury The patient presents with a compliant of pain to the neck area following a motor vehicle collision. There are no foreign bodies present, the onset was sudden. The pain has been resolved minutes ago after medication. The [...]
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