Injuries Flashcards
Epithelial tag determines….
Direction of force
Extravasation of blood in dermis
Bruise
Battle sign is d/t
Fracture of middle cranial fossa
Six penny bruise is seen in
Throttling / child abuse
Butterfly bruise is d/t
Pinching →child abuse
Tramline/ railway line bruise is d/t
Rod/ lathi/stick
More bruising areas of body
Eyelids
Scrotum
Face
Female
Obese
Most useful criteria to detect aging of bruise
Perl’s stain reaction
Multiple bruises of diff. Colour
Sign of child abuse
Bruise with no colour change
Subconjuctival hemorrhage
Chronic SDH
Blanching is present in liver morris/ bruise
Lion morris
Floor of laceration
Crushed
Swallow tail appearance of wound
Laceration
Hilt mark is seen in
Complete penetration
Bevelling indicates
Homicide
Degloving injury is example of
Avulsion laceration
Hesitation cuts indicates
Suicide
Stab wound parallel to langers line
↓ gaping
COD in hara-kiri/ seppuku
Eviscerations → circulatory collapse
M/c type of skull fracture
Fissure fracture
Depressed fracture indicates
Hammer injury
Pond / indented/ ping pong fracture indicates
Infants with obstetric delivery
Gutter fracture
Oblique bullet
Comminuted fracture
Multiple f. D/t multiple blows to skull
Ring fracture is..
F in post. Cranial fossa
Hinge fracture
Side way impact in middle cranial fossa
Puppe’s rule is for
Sequencing of fact.
M/c site of coup injury
Frontal lobe contusion/ occipital impact
EDH is due to
Trauma to pterion → rupture of mid. Meningeal A
COD in EDH
Reps. Failure
Source of bleed in SDH
Bridging veins
Source of bleed in SAH
Circle of Willis
Bi convex opacity
EDH
Crecentric opacity
SDH
Dead d/t failure of dx lucid interval
Punish under 106(1) BNS
M/c site of bumper fracture
Lateral condyle of tibia
Sparrow foot injuries is dit
Impact on windshield
More dang. Whiplash injury
Hyper extension
Ladder- rung tears a/t
Steering wheel injury
Chance fracture
Alt sudden hyper flexor[seat belt injury)
M/k organ damage d/t seat belt injury
Mesentory
Paradoxical undressing is due to….
Vasodilatation <28°c
Wischnewski’s bleeding spot
Hypothermic
LUND & browders chart
Best for children → burns
Risk of mortality in burns
Box score
Pugilistic attitude d/t
Protein coagulation → heat stiffening
Crow feet sign
Indicates am burning
Joule burn
Low voltage current
Crocodile burn / keratin nodule
High voltage burns
Bone pearls/ wax drippings
Molten capo 4 → high voltage current
Filigree burns
Lightning injury
Cattle’s prod
Shock to genitalia
Falaka/ bastinado
Beating on soles
Telefono
Repeating slapping over ears
Dunking
Forced immersion of whole body under water
El planton
Prolonged stand.
M/ C blast injury
2° injury
M/c organ damaged in blast
Ear
MOLotov’s cocktail
Petrol bomb
M/c underwater blast injury
Git injury