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The pitfall is reaching for oral opioids in a child with limb pain or sending a sexual assault patient onwards before the first injury review. This update is worth opening for two practice changes: ibuprofen-first analgesia in selected injuries, and trauma-informed emergency care that actively checks bleeding, strangulation, prophylaxis, and safeguarding.
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