MANAGEMENT OF SUICIDAL CUT THROAT-A CASE REPORT

Management of Suicidal Cut Throat

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Suicide is one of the 10 leading causes of death in the world, accounting for more than 400,000 deaths annually¹. Hanging, poisoning and fire arm are the most common methods of committing suicide in the world. Knives and razor blades are the common implements used in suicide². Tentative marks were present in most fatalities³. Suicide by cutting one’s own throat without hesitation cuts remains rare. Such life threatening injuries require emergency treatment^3,4. Here we present a case of young individual presenting in ENT department Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Quetta   with a suicidal cut throat injury, using a long bladed knife.