life-threatening injury

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meaningsoflife-threateningandinjury

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life-threatening
adjective
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/ˈlaɪfˌθret.ən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈlaɪfˌθret.ən.ɪŋ/
A life-threatening disease is a very serious one that can ...
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injury
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/us
/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/
physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or ...
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(Definition oflife-threateningandinjuryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The fall (or transient loss of control or function) resulting from syncope may lead to serious andlife-threateninginjuryand death.
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After suffering alife-threateninginjury, she saved his life, but the procedure had given him the power to teleport.
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Compression of the driver's chest indicated an unacceptably high risk oflife-threateninginjury.
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Flail chest is a potentiallylife-threateninginjuryand will often require a period of assisted ventilation.
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The force of this impact is the way by which many car crashes cause disabling orlife-threateninginjury.
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At least one person had a serious but notlife-threateninginjury.
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Chamberlain, however, later discredited these accusations during a press conference stating that he never suffered anylife-threateninginjurynor did he lose much blood.
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Therefore, the basic principle is that treatment of serious or life-threatening injuries must take priority over radiation monitoring or decontamination.
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There were eight serious injuries and 60 minor injuries, but no life-threatening injuries or deaths.
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He had life-threatening injuries including a fractured skull, and it was expected that he would be in recovery for at least six weeks.
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There is also a surgical team of doctors to deal with life-threatening injuries.
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Although 92 people were taken to the hospital, there were no life-threatening injuries reported.
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Hurley was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from his truck, and suffered life-threatening injuries.
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According to the media reports, 60-70% of his body was severely burnt with life-threatening injuries.
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