Left Popliteal Injury

[Doc Dutch]

So, I get a call from a physician across town that they have a 20ish year old male. He has sustained a deep laceration to his left popliteal space. He is hemodynamically stable and that there does not seem to be "too much bleeding" coming from the wound but that the physician is worried because the wound goes deep and that he feels it needs to be closed in the OR. In fact the physician casually mentions that the patient even drove himself to their hospital. So . . . he has called the trauma center and wants to transfer the patient.

Thoughts? Let me just add that nothing is ever as advertised! Give me some thoughts here as to what anyone would want to know. I will hold off sending pictures until I have a few responses and give you more detail. I want ideas as to what you might ask that physician about his physical examination, treatment there at his ED and possible treatment en route and mode of transport the patient might take to you. Also, would anyone speak to the nursing staff or have their nursing staff speak to the transferring nurses or flight crew?

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