Using alternative tools at shock trauma

Published September 28, 2007 4:00am ET



Not every fractured tibia causes the same amount of pain.

Triage nurses and surgeons at R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma in Baltimore have enlisted the aid of reiki (the manipulation of a body?s energy fields), music therapy and acupuncture in addition to traditional pain-control medication available to patients.

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