Date Stranded: May 13, 2025
Reason for Stranding
Found washed ashore on SPI near mile marker 16
Patient History
6.8 lb non-FP juvenile green
Patient Injuries
Severe abrasions to the plastron and carapace, moderate abrasions to the soft tissue at the base of the RFF (ventral side), minor abrasions to the top of the head, minor abrasions to the ventral side of all 4 flippers, notches missing from the right marginal scutes. Cyst under the right eye (not an FP tumour)
Patient Treatments
In-house PCV = 14%, TP = 4.0 g/dl, glucose = 207
Started on Ceftazidime, Vit B Complex, Iron and Normosol
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