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− | To fall and place one's face into a plant. Depending on the circumstances around the '''faceplant''', it can be a medical emergency.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/medical-emergency-really-emergency/ Is Your “Medical Emergency” Really an Emergency? (Gomerblog)]</ref> If in the event the '''faceplant''' occurs at a high velocity, then it is possible the patient can sustain major facial trauma (eyes, nose, throat, [[Temple|temple]], [[Brain Fart|brain]], etc.). In a worse case scenario, a patient '''faceplants''' at a high velocity onto a cactus and this almost always results an ER visit requiring the assistance of such specialities as ophthalmology, ENT, and neurosurgery. | + | To fall and place one's face into a plant. Depending on the circumstances around the '''faceplant''', it can be a medical emergency.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/medical-emergency-really-emergency/ Is Your “Medical Emergency” Really an Emergency? (Gomerblog)]</ref> If in the event the '''faceplant''' occurs at a high velocity, then it is possible the patient can sustain major facial trauma (eyes, nose, throat, [[Temple|temple]], [[Brain Fart|brain]], etc.). In a worse case scenario, a patient '''faceplants''' at a high velocity onto a cactus, and this almost always results an ER visit requiring the assistance of such specialities as ophthalmology, ENT, and neurosurgery to remove the hundreds of spikes and thorns. |
Revision as of 17:44, 8 July 2017
To fall and place one's face into a plant. Depending on the circumstances around the faceplant, it can be a medical emergency.[1] If in the event the faceplant occurs at a high velocity, then it is possible the patient can sustain major facial trauma (eyes, nose, throat, temple, brain, etc.). In a worse case scenario, a patient faceplants at a high velocity onto a cactus, and this almost always results an ER visit requiring the assistance of such specialities as ophthalmology, ENT, and neurosurgery to remove the hundreds of spikes and thorns.
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