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Case: Fishhook removal

A 5th year medical student is attached to you today while you are working in Fast Track. You just picked up a patient with a fishhook through his finger.

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1. Please give (2) methods you could use to remove a fishhook with a brief description of each 4 marks

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You have successfully removed the fishhook and since you are on the topic of FB, the medical student asks for your experience of removing plastic bead (s) from a young child’s nasal cavity.

2. List (4) methods you might use to locate a foreign body if you cannot see it clinically 8 marks

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