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now you'll get me started.....
I reported the first case of a rabid donkey to human bite in 1998 to the CDC (see pic). Patient was bitten by her pet donkey that she thought was choking on an apple, banging its head on the tree, frothing at the mouth. It bit her 26 times and bit through her left upper arm...she was missing bone, artery and vein, nerve, muscle and all that was holding the arm on was a piece of triceps and some skin. Finished the amputation in the OR, treated her with the vaccine and she did well.
When I left Miami (trauma fellowship) I thought I had seen it all....I was sorely mistaken!!!
If anyone want the Tx regiment, I'll post it.
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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