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Skin layers

Fishhook removal from skin

• Keep a safe distance between you and another person who is fishing (in particular, casting).
• Keep electrician's pliers with a wire-cutting blade and disinfecting solution in your fishing tackle box.
• Make sure you are up to date on your tetanus immunization (vaccine). You should receive a booster shot every 10 years.

Otten EJ, Mohler DG. Hunting and other weapons injuries. In: Auerbach PS, ed. Wilderness Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2007:chap 22.

Review Date: 01/05/2011
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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