Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Page 137 , March 2006

Professional piercer on call: It's time has come?

  • Scott DeBoer, RN, MSN, CEN, CCRN, CFRN

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago Aeromedical Network, Peds-R-Us Medical Education, P.O. Box 601, Dyer, IN 46311, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 219 8644 681; fax: +1 219 865 9271.
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  • Elayne Angel

      Affiliations

    • Association of Professional Piercers, Rings of Desire, New Orleans, LA, USA
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  • Troy Amundson, EMT-B

      Affiliations

    • Apocalypse Piercing, Seattle, WA, USA

References 

  1. Mayers L, Judelson D, Moriarty B, Rundell K. Prevalance of body art (body piercing & tattooing) in university undergraduates & incidence of medical complications. Mayo Clin Proc. 2002;77(1):29–34
  2. Khanna R, Kumar S, Raju B, Kumar A. Body piercing in the accident & emergency department. J Acc Emerg Med. 1999;16(6):418–421
  3. Reaney, P. Body piercing causing trouble for doctors. http://dailynews.yahoo.com.h/nm/19991026/sc/health_bodypiercing_2.html. Available: on-line. Accessed 6/1/05, 1999.

PII: S1574-6267(05)00038-8

doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2005.10.006

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Page 137 , March 2006

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