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Trauma: Brachial Artery
A swimmer was hit by the propeller of a speedboat. He sustained multiple deep lacer-
ations to his left upper arm with a cold left hand and no radial pulse. The patient was
complaining of numbess of his forearm and hand and was unable to make a fist with
the left hand. Clinically he a also had a suspected fracture at the proximal forearm
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