title: A new hazard for windsurfers: needlefish impalement.
abstract: Marine-related injuries and envenomations are common to the coastal physician. Needlefish injuries, which occur almost exclusively in the Indo-Pacific region, have not previously been reported along the Atlantic seaboard. This case report describes a penetrating injury to the lower extremity from a needlefish. Treatment is guided by general resuscitative procedures as well as antibiotic therapy directed against infections unique to the marine environment.
authors: Department of Emergency Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School and Emergency Physicians of Tidewater, Norfolk 23507, USA.
authors: K W
authors: KW
authors: Link
authors: F L
authors: FL
authors: Counselman
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Steele
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Caughey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004630:Emergencies; D005399:Fishes; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000628:therapy