Citation

Iserson KV, Francis AM. West. J. Emerg. Med. 2015; 16(2): 303-309.

Affiliation

Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgetown, Guyana.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, California Chapter of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine)

DOI

10.5811/westjem.2015.1.24043

PMID

25834674

PMCID

PMC4380383

Abstract

Jaguar attacks on humans rarely occur in the wild. When they do, they are often fatal. We describe a jaguar attack on a three-year-old girl near her home deep in a remote area of the Guyanese jungle. The patient had a complex but, relatively, rapid transport to a medical treatment facility for her life-threatening injuries. The child, who suffered typical jaguar-inflicted injury patterns and survived, is highlighted. We review jaguar anatomy, environmental status, hunting and killing behaviors, and discuss optimal medical management, given the resource-limited treatment environment of this international emergency medicine case.

Language: en