Animal and human bites
Cormac Norton Practice educator, Adult nursing at the University of Northampton
CORMAC NORTON reviews clinical considerations in wound management and chemoprophylaxis after animal and human bites
Bite wounds caused by humans or animals are a common presentation in emergency departments (EDs) (Grant and Belcher 2000), and experienced emergency nurses will have treated many such injuries.
Emergency Nurse.
16, 6, 26-29.
doi: 10.7748/en2008.10.16.6.26.c6781
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