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Jaguar attack on a child: case report and literature review

Kenneth V Iserson et al. West J Emerg Med. 2015 Mar.

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.

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A, Jaguar (used by permission; Panthera onca, jaguar © MarcusObal, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported. Available at:

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/species-of-the-day/biodiversity/endangered-species/panthera-onca/biology/index.html

. Accessed 6 July 2014.) B, Jaguar Skull (Public domain. Originally from Elliot DG. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies. Chicago:Field Colombian Museum, 1904. Available at:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jaguarskull.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Jaguarskull.jpg

. Accessed 6 July 2014.)

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Optimal actions, evaluation and treatment for large felid injuries.,,, eFAST, extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma; ABC; Airway,Breathing, Circulation; ABCDE, Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure; CT, computed tomography; TIG, tetanus immune globin

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Child in the emergency department.

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Child in the operating room.

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Child in the clinic prior to discharge (published with written parental permission).

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