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On the Web
- Injury Clinic - Resources on sports related injuries. Extensive explanations, detailed graphics and treatment considerations. From SportsMed Web.
- eMedicine Health - Puncture Wound - Consumer health resource center providing information on the treatment of puncture wounds.
- Children And Sports Injuries - Information on common sports injuries to children, causes and suggestions in preventing injuries. Provided by the Foundation For Chiropractic Education And Research.
- Sports medicine and Orthopedic Surgery - An index of musculoskeletal injured areas common in sports related activities. From emedx.com [Note: graphics are actual x-rays or photos of injuries - ed]
- Nonfatal Dog Bite-Related Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments - United States, 2001 - Review of the incidence of injuries, with recommendations on prevention.
- Spinal Cord Injury and Hypothermia - Because of spinal cord injury, the temperature of the body has an increased tendency to fluctuate according to the temperature of the environment.
- About: Hip Fractures - Hip fractures are an unfortunate injury most often requires surgical treatment. Learn about this injury and treatment options.
- International Society for Burn Injuries - The Society was founded to 'disseminate knowledge and stimulate prevention in the field of burns'. Current Regional and Country reports regarding burn care can be obtained from the site.
- Burn Injuries - Treatment of chemical, thermal, and electrical burns. Provided by the Shriners Hospitals for Children.
- eMedicine - Skin Grafts, Full-Thickness - Find an introduction to donor site selection, wound preparation, graft survival, and biologic skin substitutes.
Wikipedia Articles
- Elizabeth Brownrigg - Elizabeth Brownrigg (1720-1767) was an eighteenth century murderess. Her victim, Mary Clifford, was one of her domestic servants, who died from cumulative injuries and associated infected wounds.
- Elizabethan collar - An Elizabethan collar or space collar is a protective medical device worn by an animal, usually a cat or dog. Shaped like a truncated cone, its purpose is to prevent the animal from biting or licking at its body or scratching at its head or neck while wounds or injuries heal.
- Unguent - An unguent is a soothing topical preparation spread on wounds, burns, rashes, abrasions or other topical injuries. It is similar to an ointment, though typically an unguent is less viscous and more oily.
- Wound Man - Wound Man is an illustration which first appeared in European surgical texts in the Middle Ages. It laid out schematically the various wounds a person might suffer in battle or in accidents, often with surrounding or accompanying text stating treatments for the various different injuries.
- Moulage - Moulage (French: casting/moulding) is the art of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training Emergency Response Teams and other medical and military personnel. Moulage may be as simple as applying pre-made rubber or latex "wounds" to a healthy "patient's" limbs, chest, head, etc.