Shark attack: the emergency presentation and management
Published on 15. October 2015
Shark attack: the emergency presentation and management
Conor Gouk, Daman Pasricha, Sharanya Lingathas
DESCRIPTION:
A previously healthy 32-year-old man, a body-boarder, was transported to hospital by primary retrieval helicopter, within 2 h of a shark attack injuring both legs. Tourniquets were applied bilaterally to decrease haemorrhage. En route to hospital he was intubated with an endotracheal tube due to severe agitation from acute blood loss (figures 1 and 2). (…)
BMJ Case Reports 2015; doi:10.1136/bcr-2015-212380