Wilderness: Surgeonfish Cuts (cont.)

1. First Aid Care and Pain Relief for Minor Injuries
2. First Aid Essentials Slideshow
3. Take the Trauma and First Aid Quiz

A person with a surgeonfish cut may require medical attention to to control bleeding, or in rare cases may need stitches if the laceration is long or very wide.

Medically reviewed by Avrom Simon, MD; Board Certified Preventative Medicine with Subspecialty in Occupational Medicine

REFERENCES:

Auerbach, P. Wilderness Medicine. Chapter 81. 6th ed. United States: Mosby, 2011.

Encyclopedia Britannica. surgeonfish.

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