title: Jaguar attack on a child: case report and literature review.
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.
authors.affiliation: The University of Arizona, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tucson, Arizona ; Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgetown, Guyana.
authors.forename: Kenneth V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Iserson
authors.affiliation: Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgetown, Guyana.
authors.forename: Adama M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Francis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D046009:Panthera
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