Approach to Evaluation and Management of Traumatic Finger Amputations

Traumatic fingertip amputations are among the most frequently encountered hand injuries in the emergency department, particularly affecting individuals engaged in manual labor using hand tools with metal blades. A review of data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System from 1997 to 2016 showed that 464,026 patients sustained a finger amputation in the US, with an estimated yearly incidence of 7.5/100,000 person-years…

Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, EMS, Sports MedicineGuest UserAugust 18, 2025medicine, fingertip amputation, amputations, trauma, finger injuryComment

Whit-ticisms: Treatment of a Fingertip Amputation

Sometimes people accidentally cut off the tips of their fingers. They bleed and hurt, and then they bleed and they hurt some more. Here are some (finger) tips on how to manage these common injuries…

Procedures, Whit-ticismsWhit FisherMarch 3, 2020fingertip amputation, finger injury, finger, bleeding, procedures, Whit-ticismsComment

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