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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Dallas Morning News
Byline: Sherry Jacobson
Feb. 22--Nine-year-old Ethan Ralph rolled into the emergency room of Children's Medical Center Dallas on Monday unaware that it had just been designated the state's first Level I Trauma Center for children.
His arrival, just as reporters were interviewing the staff about the designation, allowed an impromptu look at Children's specialized services for an injured child.
The boy was knocked unconscious after fainting and hitting his head on the wall of his doctor's office in Emory, about 80 miles east of Dallas.
The ER staff gave Ethan, who by that point was conscious, a quick physical and CT scan of his head. When they didn't find anything unusual, Ethan was sent home with his father, who initially had taken the boy to a community clinic because he was sick and having...
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