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Amputation

Amputation is the removal of a body extremity. Amputations are caused by trauma, loss of circulation, or surgical procedure.

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Are amputations OSHA recordable injuries?

If the amputation is a result of an injury or illness incurred in the workplace, the injury or illness is an OSHA recordable event. The amputation occurs in a hospital (usually) and is not itself OSHA recordable.

An injury may include an amputation, as when a finger is caught in a die-press.

Since medical treatment beyond first air would be required, that event would be OSHA recordable.

In addition to being recordable (if it is) a work-relatedamputationmust also be

reported to OSHA.

What are some important factors necessary for successful replantation?

There are several important factors necessary to successful replantation, including special instrumentation and transportation of the amputated finger.

What is the estimated California's Workmen's Compensation payout if your right ring finger was partially amputated due to a work injury?

I'm not absolutely positive about California, but most states do it like this. I've been researching that answer myself cause I have the same problem. After your injury is healed the doctor will give you a disability percentage for that finger. There is usually a set amount of weeks that finger is worth. Your payout will be 2/3 your weekly pay at the set amount of weeks. Your thumb being worth the most. I don't know how many weeks your ring finger is. I know the middle finger is 30 weeks and I'm wanting to say 20 for that finger. So basically it could depend on how much you make. Or if you feel like it you can sue a third party and get a lot more if the accident wasn't your fault or was the fault of a machine. While you can't sue your employer (because of workman's comp) you can sue, possibly, the company that made the machine. Keep in mind workman's comp pays for scarring also. You probably need to talk to a lawyer after you get your disability rating, they may be able to get you more money. (but they will take 20%).

What is a leg Amputation?

basically, you cut off the leg.

What tools where used in World War 1 for amputation?

During World war one a bone saw would be used to cut through the bone, then hydrochloric acid would be used to cauterize the wound.

What is an amputator?

An amputator is a person who amputates, or something which causes amputation.

After leg amputation surgery when does it feel like you don't have a leg?

Generally after any limb has been amputated or otherwise removed, a neurological/psychological phenomenon known as Phantom Limb Syndrome can occur, lasting anywhere from a few days to a few years. Phantom Limb Syndrome causes the person to feel as if their missing limb is tingling, in pain, or otherwise existent. If the feeling described in the question is the feeling (if any) that occurs after PLS has subsided, than it will present itself after PLS is gone.

Do leg amputees walk?

Depends on a lot of things; why their legs were amputated, if they are paralyzed in that area, how many legs amputated, their physical strength, and it they can afford a cane, walker, and/or prosthetic leg(s). Some prosthetic legs are very advanced and others are simpler, and it can take a lot of time to learn how to walk after a leg amputation.

In world war 1 what was shellshock amputation?

shellshock is a psyciatric traumer caused by stress.

Who do you go to first by accident amputation unconscious or severe bleeding?

Depends,

1. A crushing and shearing amputation, such as the police officer in Vietnam who lost his entire lower half... above the pelivs (search video = vietnam police cut in half) was subject to crushing and shearing, a heavy truck tire was the top of the scissor, the gutter was the bottom. He lived and bled very little. He was in shock and somewhat unconscious at first, he never did bleed out very much.

2. A ripping amputation, such as a leg being ripped off may produce profuse bleeding and somewhat little pain.. at first. The individual may never become unconscious until too much blood is lost or is rendered unconscious by medical professionals.

3. A minor amputation may cause neither profuse bleeding or unconsciousness, such as in the case of a partial digital amputation, pinkie or small toe.

Pain does not necessarily cause unconsciousness, I have first hand experience with a minor amputation and it did not bleed much because I controlled it with a tourniquette until I got to the hospital. Once at the hospital the doctor administered a local anesthetic which immediately stopped the pain, and the doctor cleaned the wound vigorously and stitched the end of the stump shut. I was lucky to have enough flesh to cover over the end of the stump so no additional measures were needed to repair the wound.

The real pain started after the local wore off, but not enough to make me go unconscious. Strangely, the worst pain was AFTER the local wore off rather than immediately after the amputation. The amputation itself was quite painful after I realized what happened, but not enough to cause me to react like you might see in a movie when somebody has a finger cut off. No screaming, no passing out, no flinging my stump around spreading blood everywhere. During the next 12 days or so the pain was quite considerable at times, a throbbing burning pain that would last for 30 minutes or so at a time before subsiding.

Hope that helps!

Is It necessary to amputate my dog's leg?

You need to ask your vet. No one here can answer this kind of question.

Can your foot amputate itself?

No it cannot amputate itself. It can become infected and start to decay.

What test may be conducted to measure blood flow through the limb before amputation?

measurement of blood pressure in different parts of the limb xenon 133 studies, which use a radiopharmaceutical to measure blood flow oxygen tension measurements in which an oxygen electrode is used to measure oxygen pressure under the skin

What happens if you have to amputate your cats tail?

Nothing much but they may loose some of their balance because balance is what the tail is there for.