Soft tissue injuries: not a terribly sexy topic, but an important one. These are the injuries that we deal with all the time: contusions, lacerations, blisters, and their ilk, and there can be serious consequences to improper management.
This section on insults and injuries to the Integumentary System.
January/February 2006 ISSN-1059-6518 Volume 19 Number 1
Every once in a while we are given the gift of getting to know an extraordinary individual. In this case, the individual is Mike Lynn. During a cross-country trek last February Mike found himself benighted in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. As the night grew longer, the temperatures plummeted to –30F. Mike dug in and waited for rescue. Rescue did not come that night. In fact, he ended up spending two nights and one day out in –30F weather. Eventually, Mike was rescued, and since then I have had the delightful opportunity to get to know him as he has progressed through the long recovery process from frostbitten feet.
