Wounds

Question 1

What are the 3 main types of wounds?

Answer 1

Lacerations(Blunt Force Trauma), Incised wounds, Gunshot wounds

Question 2

Kinds of Blunt Force Trauma

Answer 2

Abrasions (speed and angle): superficial bleeding
Contusions (force/impact): burst blood vessels, lasting dark bruising, external or internal bleeding
Lacerations (force, breakage of the skin): skin is broken, external bleeding

Question 3

Characteristics: Lacerations

Answer 3

Need force and/or angle
Margins - inward

Question 4

Characteristics: Incised

Answer 4

Sharp object used to break the skin
Margins - outward

Question 5

What types of incised wounds are there? Define

Answer 5

Stab: goes directly into the body, bigger depth (needs force)
Slice/Cut: slice across the body, bigger width

Question 6

Characteristics: Gunshot

Answer 6

Pierce the body, typically straight through
Entrance hole is small, exit hole is larger
Margins - inward (entrance), outward (exit)

Question 7

Intentions

Answer 7

Homicidal - harming another to cause death
Suicidal - harming oneself to cause death
Accidental - causing someone harm in order to protect oneself (self-defense)
Self-inflicted - harming oneself not to cause death
Undetermined - No known or one reason could be determined

Question 8

What is the importance of Nursing (wounds)

Answer 8

Potential forensic significance, studying wounds to determine the circumstance

Question 9

What wounds can be considered supicous

Answer 9

Same injury on both sides of the body
Triangle between ears and neck
Naturally protected parts of the body: inner arms, inner thighs