Date Stranded: July 17, 2026
Reason for Stranding
Stuck in a tidepool in the rocks at Boca Chica jetties, beach side
Patient History
Atlantic Green 1.75 kg
Patient Injuries
External Carapace Notes: A small nick out of his fourth vertebral scute. Bone showing but not fresh. No blood or flesh.
Plastron: Small healing abrasions with exudate not quite ready to debride.
Head/Flippers/Soft Tissue: Healing scrapes on all flippers. Some fresh. Others healing with exudate not ready to remove. Potential ligature mark around base of left front flipper; displays as healed scar. Soft tissue on head also has healing abrasions.
Patient Treatments
In House Bloods: PCV: 21%, TS: 2.1, Glucose: 114
Meds administered: Standard protocol (Ceftaz, Ketoprofen, VitB & Normosol)
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