Lacerations

Authors: Flaherty, Alice W.; Rost, Natalia S.

Title: Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Neurology, The, 2nd Edition

Copyright 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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Lacerations

A. Need

Saline, sterile bowl, kidney bowls to irrigate into, 60 cc luer lock, 20-gauge angiocath, gauze, towels, chuck, 1% lidocaine, syringe + needle, sterile gloves, suture (for skin, 5-0 or 4-0 prolene; for scalp, galea and muscle, Vicryl).