Snocross “Shark-bite” Laceration

CASE PRESENTATION: A snowmobile racer fell from his sled and was run over by another, sustaining “shark bite” to his hand and leg. He was evacuated to a trackside medical trailer where the characteristic wounds were felt to require further exploration at a hospital. DISCUSSION: “Shark bite” is a col...

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Autores principales: Telken, Wyatt, Solberg, Jon, Raymond, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022
Materias:
Images in Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9436498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36049196
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem2022.6.57128
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description CASE PRESENTATION: A snowmobile racer fell from his sled and was run over by another, sustaining “shark bite” to his hand and leg. He was evacuated to a trackside medical trailer where the characteristic wounds were felt to require further exploration at a hospital. DISCUSSION: “Shark bite” is a colloquial term for lacerations sustained from metal studs attached to a snowmobile’s track. “Shark-bite” lacerations may be more prone to complications than other lacerations commonly sustained in motorsports events.
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spelling pubmed-94364982022-09-02 Snocross “Shark-bite” Laceration Telken, Wyatt Solberg, Jon Raymond, Mark Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Images in Emergency Medicine CASE PRESENTATION: A snowmobile racer fell from his sled and was run over by another, sustaining “shark bite” to his hand and leg. He was evacuated to a trackside medical trailer where the characteristic wounds were felt to require further exploration at a hospital. DISCUSSION: “Shark bite” is a colloquial term for lacerations sustained from metal studs attached to a snowmobile’s track. “Shark-bite” lacerations may be more prone to complications than other lacerations commonly sustained in motorsports events. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9436498/ /pubmed/36049196 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem2022.6.57128 Text en © 2022 Telken et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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