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General Information After a chemical mass casualty incident, trauma with or without burns is expected to be common. Burn therapy adds significant logistical requirements and complexity to the medical response in a chemical mass casualty incident. Burns complicating... by | | Learn
Definition A burn is any injury to body tissue that can be caused by: heat steam sunlight electricity nuclear radiaton chemicals History For centuries people have been trying to understand burns and how to heal them. The Egyptians first recorded a method... by | | Learn
What is bulimia? Bulimia nervosa, often called bulimia, is a type of eating disorder. Eating disorders are mental health problems that cause extreme and dangerous eating behaviors. These extreme eating behaviors cause other serious health problems and sometimes death.... by | | Learn
General Overview Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder in which a person eats a large amount of food in a short period of time (binging) and then forces themselves to vomit or take medication that expels the food from the body (purging). This cycle of binging and... by | | Learn
What Is Bronchitis? Bronchitis (bron-KI-tis) is a condition in which the bronchial tubes become inflamed. These tubes carry air to your lungs. (For more information about the bronchial tubes and airways, go to the Diseases and Conditions Index How the Lungs Work...
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