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Soft tissue
Soft tissue Injuries
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When the skin breaks the wound is called an ? injury | Open |
| Use an occlusive dressing on open neck injuries to prevent an air | embolism |
| Abdominal wounds sometimes result in an ? with organs protruding through the wound | evisceration |
| type of open injury a break in the skin may be linear or stellate. | laceration |
| a loose flap of skin and underlying soft tissue that has been torn loose. | avulsion |
| a wound generally caoused by scraping tubbing or shearing away of the epidermis | abrasion |
| An irretular cut to the skin | stellate |
| Type of injury beneath unbroken skin. | Closed |
| Cover exposed organs with a ? sterile dressing | moist |
| Injury to the skin or underlying tissues. | wound |
| A disruption in the continuity of an extremity or body part | amputation |
| Use an ? dressing to prevent air from entering the chest cavity through a wound | occlusive |
| a regular cut to the skin | linear |
| injury to the cells and blood vessels contained in the dermis | contusion |
| in most cases, do not remove an ? object | impaled |
| a ? injury generally is the result of a sharp, pointed object being pushed into soft tissues. | impaled |
| A ? is used to secure a dressing in place | bandage |
| ? an impaled object with bulky dressings | stabilize |
| a ? injury is one in which force great enough to cause injury has been applied to the body. | crush |
| Damage to large blood vessels and large amount of tissue | hematoma |
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