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ERIC Number: EJ478306
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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Mathematics and Medical Indexes: A Life-Saving Connection.
Crouse, Richard J.; Sloyer, Clifford W.
Mathematics Teacher, v86 n8 p624-26 Nov 1993
In cases of trauma, medical indexes are used by paramedics to report the condition of the patient to the hospital. Presents a scenario in which students act as paramedics at the scene of an earthquake and use the index called capillary refill to report the severity of the trauma and predict probable survival. (MDH)
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Indexes, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Medical Vocabulary, Medicine, Predictor Variables, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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