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At a community hospital emergency department in El Paso, Texas, Annika Andersen, RN, CEN, manages the fast-track care area. A former Army combat medic who studied nursing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, she writes about minor emergency injuries for Biology Insights and builds shadowbox displays for dried plant specimens.

What Happens If You Inject Water Into Your Muscle?Safety
Why You Shouldn’t Pop a Dislocated Shoulder Back In Safety
Why You Shouldn’t Tape a Broken Nose Bones & Muscles
How to Remove Gauze Stuck to a Nail Bed Skin & Hair
What Is the Proper Way to Treat Trench Foot?Safety
How to Heal Facial Wounds Faster and Minimize Scarring Skin & Hair
How to Use a Skin Stapler for Wound Closure Procedures
What Does FOOSH Stand For and What Injuries Can It Cause?Safety
How to Use an Irrigation Syringe Safely Safety
What Does Gangrene Look Like? Signs and Symptoms Skin & Hair
What Does a BB Gun Wound Look Like?Safety
How to Treat Skin Tears: First Aid and Prevention Skin & Hair
Can You Put Garlic on an Open Wound?Skin & Hair
Can You Burst a Vein in Your Hand?Heart & Lungs
How to Numb a Wound for Suturing: Why You Shouldn’t Safety
What to Use If Tap Water Is Not Available to Clean an Abrasion Safety
How to Use a Nose Clip to Stop a Nosebleed Safety
What Is the Most Serious Type of Bleeding?Heart & Lungs
How to Treat a Pressure Washer Wound Safety
Why Should a Tourniquet Not Be Tied Too Tightly?Safety
What Happens When IV Fluid Goes Under the Skin?Safety
How to Close a Wound Without Stitches Safety
Does Triple Antibiotic Ointment Heal Wounds Faster?Drugs
What Is Ring Avulsion and How Does It Happen?Bones & Muscles
How to Safely Remove Wound Seal Powder Safety
How to Bandage a Nose for Bleeding or a Cut Safety
What Is Skin Avulsion and How Is It Treated?Safety
Can You Shock a Pregnant Woman Safely?Safety
What Happens If You Put Your Finger in an Ultrasonic Cleaner?Physics
What Happens If Gauze Is Left in a Wound?Safety