The matter finally ended in the preparement of an affidavit signed and sworn to by James F. Early that Mr. Harkins was absent and could not be secured until the next term of Court.

A good deal of what transpires is characters at cross-purposes, underspeaking, talking past each other.

Hildred Geertz, b. 1927

Following the ATLS principle “treat first what kills first”, the patient should be stabilized initially, sites of hemorrhage should be abolished quickly (i.e. fracture stabilization with external fixator, etc.) and the anticoagulative therapy should be initiated as soon as possible.