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CLOSED WOUNDS
OPEN WOUNDS
INVOLVES INJURY TO UNDERLYING TISSUE WITHOUT A
BREAK IN THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE.
CAUSES:
BLUNT OBJECTS IN CONTUSION OR
BRUISES.
APPLICATION OF EXTERNAL FORCES.
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS:
PAIN AND TENDERNESS VOMITING OR COUGH-UP BLOOD
DISCOLORATION PASSAGE OF BLOOD IN THE URINE OR
HEMATOMA FECES
UNCONTROLLED RESTLESSNESS SIGNS OF BLOOD ALONG MOUTH,
SYMPTOMS OF SHOCK NOSE, AND EAR CANAL
THIRST
- ICE APPLICATION.
- COMPRESSION.
- ELEVATION.
- SPLINTING.
INVOLVES INJURY WITH BREAK IN THE SKIN
OR THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE.
Penetrate pointed instruments such Deep and narrow, serious or
- PUNCTURE as nails, ice picks, daggers, etc. slight bleeding.
Scrapping or rubbing against rough Shallow, wide, oozing of blood,
- ABRATION surfaces. dirty.
Blunt instruments such as shrapnel, Torn with irregular edges,
- LACERATION rocks, broken glasses, etc. serious or slight bleeding.
Explosion, animal bites, mishandling Tissue forcefully separated
- AVULSION of tools, etc. from the body.
Sharp bladed instruments such as Clean cut, deep, severe
- INCISION blades, razors, etc. bleeding, wound is clean.
1. PUNCTURE
1. PUNCTURE
Produced by an object piercing skin layers
creating a small hole in the tissue.
ARTERIAL BLEEDING
VENOUS BLEEDING
CAPILLARY BLEEDING
- CONTROL BLEEDING. - CLEAN THE WOUND WITH
SOAP & WATER.
- COVER THE WOUND.