Urgent Bite 98 - The Hair Tourniquet

We should all know about the hair tourniquet and never forget to look for one.

 

This link is to the abstract of the first case report for using depilation cream to treat hair tourniquet O'Gorman A,  Ratnapalan S,  Paediat Emerg Care, 2011  Mar;27(3):203-4  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21378520/ 

Check out this Don't Forget the Bubbles Post about the Topic - Andrew Tagg. Hair tourniquets, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2017. Available at: https://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.11765

 

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