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Controlling bleeding in scalp laceration

Report By: Rebecca Race - Specialist Registrar in Emergency Medicine
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Institution: Manchester Royal Infirmary
Date Submitted: 5th July 2001
Last Modified: 2nd March 2006
Status: Red (incomplete)

Three Part Question

In a [patient with scalp laceration having arterial spurt] is [primary suturing rather than pressure] [a better way of controlling bleeding]?