• References
• Other Learning Resources
• Links

References

1. Stevenson TR, Thacker JG, Rodeheaver GT et al, Cleansing the traumatic wound by high pressure syringe irrigation. JACEP 1976; 5: 17-21
   
   
2. Edlich RF, Rodeheaver GT, Morgan RF et al, Principles of emergency wound management. Ann Emerg Med 1988; 17:1284-302
   
   
3. Oberg MS, Lindsey D. Do not put hydrogen peroxide or povidine iodine into wounds. J Trauma 1981;20:323-4
   
   
4. Winter JD, Effect of air exposure and occlusion on experimental human skin wounds. Nature 1963; 194:377
   
   
5. Dire DJ, Coppola M, Swyer DA et al, A prospective evaluation of topical antibiotics for preventing infections in uncomplicated soft-tissue wounds repaired in the ED. Acad Emerg Med 1995; 2: 4-10
   
   
6. Montano JB, Steele Mt, Watson WA. Foreign body retention in glass-caused wounds . Ann Emerg Med 1992; 21: 1360-3

Other Learning Resources

Management of lacerations in the emergency department. O. Capellan and J. Hollander Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. Volume 21, Number 1, February 2003

Links

Link to Regional Nerve Blocks
http://www.mainehealth.org/em_body.cfm?id=3235

The Canadian Immunization Guide – 6^th Edition – 2002 is available at
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/publicat/cig-gci/

A good source of information regarding all manner of infectious diseases, including mammalian bites, is the John Hopkins Infectious Disease site at
http://hopkins-abxguide.org/

1. Baker MD, Lanuti M, The management and outcome of lacerations in urban children. Ann Emerg Med 1990; 19: 1001-5
   
   
2. Stevenson TR, Thacker JG, Rodeheaver GT et al, Cleansing the traumatic wound by high pressure syringe irrigation. JACEP 1976; 5: 17-21
   
   
3. Edlich RF, Rodeheaver GT, Morgan RF et al, Principles of emergency wound management. Ann Emerg Med 1988; 17:1284-302
   
   
4. Oberg MS, Lindsey D. Do not put hydrogen peroxide or povidine iodine into wounds. J Trauma 1981;20:323-4
   
   
5. Dire DJ, Coppola M, Swyer DA et al, A prospective evaluation of topical antibiotics for preventing infections in uncomplicated soft-tissue wounds repaired in the ED. Acad Emerg Med 1995; 2: 4-10
   
   
6. Winter JD, Effect of air exposure and occlusion on experimental human skin wounds. Nature 1963; 194:377
   
   
7. Montano JB, Steele Mt, Watson WA. Foreign body retention in glass-caused wounds .
   Ann Emerg Med 1992; 21: 1360-3