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  2. Reverse arms - Wikipedia

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    In the British Army drill manual rest on arms reversed is known as "lower on your arms reversed". [22] The rifle is brought upwards, with the left hand on the stock and the right hand taking hold of the pistol grip. The rifle is then rotated downwards to point down the right side of the body while the left hand moves from the stock to the butt ...

  3. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Pistol: A type of firearm that can be held and fired with one hand. The word pistol is usually used to refer specifically to a semi-automatic pistol. Pistol grip on a SIG SG 550. Pistol grip: A feature on some firearms that gives the user a slightly curved area to grip, just rear of the trigger.

  4. List of medical mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of mnemonics used in medicine and medical science, categorized and alphabetized. A mnemonic is any technique that assists the human memory with information retention or retrieval by making abstract or impersonal information more accessible and meaningful, and therefore easier to remember; many of them are acronyms or initialisms which reduce a lengthy set of terms to a single ...

  5. Handgrip maneuver - Wikipedia

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    Mitral valve prolapse: The click and the murmur of mitral valve prolapse are delayed because left atrial volume also increases due to mitral regurgitation along with increased left ventricular volume. [5] Murmurs that are due to forward flowing of blood such as aortic stenosis, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy decrease in intensity. [4]

  6. Cavalry draw - Wikipedia

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    Rotate the wrist, placing the top of the hand toward the shooter's body. Slip the hand between the body and the butt of the pistol, grasping the pistol's stock in normal shooting grip. Draw the pistol, rotating the wrist to normal orientation as the arm is brought up to shooting position.

  7. Recovery position - Wikipedia

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    By contrast, the St. John manual advocated turning the head to the side, but it was not until the 1950 40th edition of the St. John Manual that it was added "if breathing is noisy (bubbling through secretions), turn the patient into the three-quarters prone position", [4] which is very similar to a modern recovery position.

  8. Dejounte Murray injures left hand. What does this mean for ...

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    The Pelicans said in an update Thursday that medical imaging after the game confirmed the left hand fracture and added that Murray will be out indefinitely. ESPN was the first to report the news.

  9. Recoil operation - Wikipedia

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    The short recoil action dominates the world of centerfire semi-automatic pistols, being found in nearly all weapons chambered for high-pressure pistol cartridges of 9×19mm Parabellum and larger, while low-pressure pistol cartridges of .380 ACP and smaller generally use the blowback method of operation. Short recoil operation differs from long ...