We all think we are plastic surgeons when it comes to sutu | Figure 1

Amniodarone

Nurse Practitioner

We all think we are plastic surgeons when it comes to suturing. This was my attempt on a 26 YR old make that hit a deer on his motorcycle and had the antler graze his face. Then the pavement grazed his face when he wrecked. He had exposed tendons on the left hand and right wrist. No fractures. He was discharged from ER with hand surgeon follow up.

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