SOFT TISSUE INJURIES

Question 1

Abrasion

Answer 1

Scrapes and Scratches

• Part of skin surface has been lost and the inner layers remain intact
• May involve minor bleeding/weeping
• May give great pain through injury is relatively

Eg gravel rash, carpet burn

Question 2

Incision

Answer 2

Smooth even cut

• Incisions are usually longer than they are deep
• Often times these wounds are not very Deep, usually only damaging the skin
• Occasionally can be very deep, cutting into the muscle tissue, tendons, or major blood vessels.
• Tend to haemorrhage freely, difficult to control

Question 3

Contusion

Answer 3

A contusion is a blunt trauma that results in swelling, pain and ecchymosis (bleeding under skin, capillaries)

• Soft tissue beneath the skin is damaged but the skin on surface is intact
  -Swelling caused by the blood beneath the skin is a haematoma
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