NSTP MOD 3

• SKIN - LARGEST ORGAN OF THE BODY
• SOFT TISSUE INJURY (WOUND) - INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DAMAGE.
• THREE CLASSIFICATION OF SOFT TISSUE INJURY:

  • OPEN SOFT TISSUE INJURY
  • CLOSE SOFT TISSUE INJURY
  • EXPLOSION
• CLOSED WOUND

  • PAIN AND TENDERNESS
  • SWELLING
  • DISCOLORATION
  • HEMATOMA
• Open wound - break in the skin
• Puncture - penetrating pointed instrument
• abrasion - scraping or rubbing a skin
• laceration - blunt instrument
• avulsion - explosion, bite of animal
• incision - sharp bladed instrument
• Hemmorahaage

  • 1 glasses of blood - normal
  • 2-4 glasses of blood - anemic
  • 4-6 glasses of blood - fatal
• Infection - delays healing of wound
• arterial - pulsing
• venous - dark red
• capillary - slow
• arterial bleeding - irregular spurting of blood
• Venous bleeding - vein is punctured
• Capillary bleeding - all minor cuts
• burns - injury involving skin
• the depth - the deeper the burn
• thermal - contact with fire and heat
• chemical - chemical agent is remove
• electrical - exposure of electric current