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Soft-tissue Injury
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Swelling caused by the collection of blood under the skin or in damaged tissues as a result of an injured or broken blood vessel | Hematoma |
| Outer layer of the skin | Epidermis |
| Any material used to hold a dressing in place | Bandage |
| Cut that can be smooth or jagged | Laceration |
| Intestine or other internal organ protruding through a wound in the abdomen | Evisceration |
| Internal injury in which there is no open pathway from the outside to the injured site | Closed wound |
| Burn in which all the layers of the skin are damaged; also callef a third-degree burn | Full-Thickness burn |
| Flap of skin or other tissue torn loose or pulled off completely | Avulsion |
| Any material used to cover a wound in an effort to control bleeding and help and help prevent additional contamination | Dressing |
| Injury caused when force is transmitted from the body's exterior to it's internal structures | Crush injury |
| Air bubble in the bloodstream | Air Emblous |
| Layer of the skin found below the epidermis; it is rich in blood vessels, nerves, and specialized structures such as sweat glands, sebaceous (oil) glands, and hair follicles | Dermis |
| Bruise | Contusion |
| Scrape or scratch in which the outer layer of the skin is damaged but all the layers are not penetrated | Abrasion |
| Surgical removal or tramatic severing of a body part, usually an extremity | Amputation |
| Large bulky dressing | Universal dressing |
| Method for estimating the extent of a burn area in which areas on the body are assigned certain percentages of the body's total surface area | Rule of nines |
| Open chest wound in which air is "drawn" into the chest cavity | Sucking chest wound |
| Burn in which the epidermis is burned through an dthe dermis is damaged; also called a second-degree burn | Partial-thickness burn |
| Burn that involves only the epidermis, the outer layer of the skin; also called a first-degree burn | Superficial burn |
| Injury in which the skin is interupped, or broken, exposing the tissue underneath | Open wound |
| Layers of fat and soft tissues found below the dermis | Subcutaneous layers |
| Any dressing that forms an airtight seal | Occlusive dressing |
| Method for estimating the extent of a burn area; the palm of the patient's hand, which equals about 1% of the body's surface area, is compared with patient's burn to estimate it's size | Rule of palm |
| open wound caused by a sharp, pointed object that tears through the skin and destroys underlying tissues | Puncture wound |
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