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Neurological symptoms occurring in the context of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: a paramedic's perspective

Fitzpatrick, David
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Maguire, Donogh
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Emergency Medical Services
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 Aneurysm, ruptured
 Aortic aneurysm, abdominal
 Diagnosis, differential
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Emergency Medicine Journal
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Publications - Scottish Ambulance Service
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12417/1280
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10.1136/emj.2007.049817
Abstract
Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA) classically presents with sudden onset, severe ripping or tearing abdominal pain radiating through to the back. This case report describes features of an atypical presentation of a patient with RAAA and highlights the difficulties and uncertainties surrounding the prehospital assessment, appropriate treatment and management of these patients. All prehospital care educators and practitioners should be made aware of the wide spectrum of clinical manifestations for this condition. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17711953/ This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2007.049817
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