Jaguar Attack on a Child: Case Report and Literature Review

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" Jaguar Attack on a Child: Case Report and Literature Review "
Iserson, Kenneth V.; Francis, Adama M.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	933602
Doc. No	:	LA45f0x7r9
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Iserson, Kenneth V.; Francis, Adama M.
Title & Author	:	Jaguar Attack on a Child: Case Report and Literature Review [Article]\ Iserson, Kenneth V.; Francis, Adama M.
Title of Periodical	:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
Volume/ Issue Number	:	16/2
Date	:	2015
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. [West J Emerg Med. 2015;16(2):303–309.]