Shark Bite (cont.)
Medical Author:
Eric Mowatt-Larssen, MD
Coauthor:
Paul Auerbach, MD
Coauthor:
George Burgess, MSc
Medical Editor:
Benjamin Wedro, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Benjamin Wedro, MD, FACEP, FAAEMDr. Ben Wedro practices emergency medicine at Gundersen Clinic, a regional trauma center in La Crosse, Wisconsin. His background includes undergraduate and medical studies at the University of Alberta, a Family Practice internship at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and residency training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. IN THIS ARTICLEMultimediaMedia file 1: Classic shark bites are crescent-shaped. Parallel cuts caused by the shark raking its teeth on the victim are also common. Image courtesy of Fazal Hussain, MD.
Media type: Photo Media file 2: Image Courtesy of John Winfield, MD. 
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