Treated 2 deglovings in Bosnia, similiar descriptions certainly, both treated with fine mesh dry gauze, IV NARCS, and transport via Helo.
Degloved "meat" transported with both victims, each time successful reattachment at Laundstuhl Hand clinic. LEECH therapy was utilized in both cases to promote distal circulation and induce collateral blood flow.
Eagle
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Primum non Nocere
"I have hung out in dangerous places a lot over the years, from combat zones to biker bars, and it is the weak, the unaware, or those looking for it, that usually find trouble.
Ain't no one getting out of this world alive. All you can do is try to have some choice in the way you go. Prepare yourself (and your affairs), and when your number is up, die on your feet fighting rather than on your knees. And make the SOBs pay dearly."
The Reaper-3 Sep 04
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