I found an injured hummingbird. If you know your local hummingbird rehabilitation agency, call them immediately. For their phone number, look in the phone book or ask your local animal shelter, zoo, parks department, or conservation agent. In the St. Louis area, call 314-426-6400 (Wild Bird Rehabilitation).
Edge of Wound- Monitoring Healing. In a wound that is healing normally, new skin cells are formed and added to the edges and the base until it closes up. In many chronic wounds, this does not happen and the wound fails to close. Reasons for this include abnormal skin cells at the edges and base of the wound, or inhibitory factors in the wound exudate (fluid). In Diabetic ulcers or Pressure injuries, the wound edge may be worn away or damaged (i.e. undermined) so that new skin cells cannot attach properly.
(ÉdÊ) n., v. edged, edgâ¢ing. n. 1. a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edge of the road. 2. a brink or verge: the edge of a cliff; the edge of disaster. 3. any of the narrow surfaces of a thin, flat object: a book with gilt edges. 4. a line at which two surfaces of a solid object meet. 5. the thin, sharp side of the blade of a cutting instrument or weapon. 6. the sharpness proper to a blade: The knife has lost its edge. 7. a quality of sharpness or keenness: Her voice had an edge to it.