One member had a broken backbone, rib and breastbone, while the rest suffered scratches and bruises.

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If there are nametags, wear yours on the right hand side, above the breastbone.

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The person would hold the device vertically over their breastbone and position the electrodes on their chest.

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Just take a very young chicken, not much bigger than a pound, and crack the breastbone to open it up.

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They also discovered the earliest known evidence of a breastbone in Ichthyostega.

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If you have acute pericarditis, the most common symptom is sharp, stabbing chest pain behind the breastbone or in the left side of your chest.

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Until a few years ago, to treat aortic aneurysms surgeons cut a patient from breastbone to pubic bone and replaced the damaged section with a synthetic tube.

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The dressing covering the wound where his arm had been was secured by white bandages that stretched across his breastbone, contrasting with his dark skin and his nearly black nipples.

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Many problems that once required sawing through the breastbone and opening up the chest for open heart surgery now can be treated with a nip, twist or patch through a tube.

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