In the February issue of Emergency Physicians Monthly the following reader case file was posed to the group and the question asked how would you respond? What would be your solution? The following is how the case was resolved at the time as well followed by the reader suggestions and comments.

It was a surprisingly quiet early May morning in a Midwest emergency department. I was partway through a coffee and enjoying the pace of the morning when the dreaded squad phone rang. We all got a quick chuckle as the nurse noted a local squad bringing in a 16-year-old male with a turtle bite