Citation

Garg H, Twerenbold R, Zellweger R. Med. J. Aust. 2011; 195(11-12): 704-705.

Affiliation

A 61-year-old man was pushing his boat into the water when he lost his footing and struck the propeller, sustaining a laceration to the lateral aspect of his left ankle. He presented to the emergency department (ED) of a peripheral hospital where his wound was irrigated and sutured. robert_knight@yahoo.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Australian Medical Association, Publisher Australasian Medical Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22171870

Abstract

This is the first published case series of patients with injuries from watercraft propellers and jet skis. Five patients presented to the level-one trauma centre of Western Australia with such injuries over 10 days during the 2010-2011 Christmas holidays; all required surgery, and all but one sustained multiple, severe injuries. (MJA 2011; 195: 000-000).

Language: en