Read the latest CASE REPORT by Dr Duncan Gray who writes candidly about a self-inflicted machete wound.
Extract: A self-inflicted machete wound to the left knee was sustained by the author when alone in a remote area of rainforest in Guyana in January 2020. Medical kit to hand was limited. The author was not the official trip medic. With concerns about a knee joint infection developing, evacuation was arranged to a small rural hospital many hours distant. The treatment there proved to be very basic. This case explores classic wilderness medicine issues including difficult decision making, balancing the various risks involved, psychological aspects and insurance failings.
