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[Hardcastle, Tim, Dr <tch at sun.ac.za>]

Joe

Exactly what I was getting at! See below - capitals!
B) If the patient feels the sternal stimulus and reacts we consider it 
equivalent - you are testing BEST MOTOR response.
Regards
Tim
Dr T C Hardcastle
M.B.,Ch.B.(Stell); M.Med(Chir); FCS(SA)
Senior Surgeon / Senior Lecturer: Surgery (Trauma and ICU)
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-----Original Message-----
I have seen many...many pts not respond to either of the below Tim, but 
try a nipple pinch/inner thigh/arm pinch and the patient woke up 
playing Mozart...remember it is the best response that counts...not the 
stimulus to elicit that response..

Joe
Emergency Medicine
Pediatrics
McGill University

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