CHAPTER 143 Laceration, Simple Presentation The patient may have been accidently cut by a knife, glass shard, or other sharp object, which resulted in a clean, straight wound (Figure 143-1)….

CHAPTER 144 Mammalian Bites Presentation Histories of animal bites are usually volunteered, but the history of a human bite, such as one obtained over the knuckle during a fight, is…

CHAPTER 27 Epistaxis (Nosebleed) Presentation The patient generally arrives in the ED or urgent care center with active bleeding from his nose, or he may be spitting up blood that…

CHAPTER 154 Subcutaneous Foreign Bodies (Metal, Dental Fragments, Glass, Gravel, and Hard Plastic) Presentation Small, moderate-velocity metal fragments can be released when a hammer strikes a second piece of metal,…