A wound is a break in the continuity of the skin, the break caused by violence or\u00a0trauma to the tissue.<\/p>\n
Types of wounds include abrasions, punctures, perforations, and\u00a0lacerations. A laceration, which is our concern here, is a torn, jagged cut that has gone\u00a0through the skin tissues and the blood vessels. Such a wound may have been made by\u00a0a blunt instrument such as the fragments of a shell.<\/p>\n
A laceration may be very dirty and\u00a0require cleaning. If only the epidermis layer of skin is involved, there will be no\u00a0bleeding. If the dermis layer of skin is involved, there will be bleeding. A laceration may\u00a0require wound closure and suturing. Look at the four major types of lacerations.<\/p>\n
a. Sheer Laceration<\/strong>. This type of laceration is caused by a sharp object such\u00a0as a knife blade or the edge of glass.<\/p>\n b. Tension Laceration<\/strong>. In a tension laceration, the skin strikes a flat surface,\u00a0thus ripping because of the tissue stress caused by the impact. There is no bone\u00a0directly below the region of the skin that is struck. Instead, there is contusion (bruising)\u00a0of neighboring soft tissues. A tension laceration heals with more scarring than a\u00a0sheered laceration.<\/p>\n c. Compression Laceration<\/strong>. A compression laceration occurs when the tissue\u00a0is caught between a bone and an external hard surface. The skin bursts, often causing\u00a0a stellate (star-shaped) patterned wound to occur. There is a marked degree of injury\u00a0adjacent to the laceration itself. This type of laceration heals the most poorly and with\u00a0the greatest degree of scarring.<\/p>\n d. Combined Laceration<\/strong>. Combined lacerations have the characteristics of\u00a0both sheer and compression lacerations. An example of such an injury is the resultant\u00a0injury when you walk into the corner of a desk and your hip bone hits the desk corner. If\u00a0a laceration occurs, it will probably be a linear wound with wound edges that are\u00a0crushed; in other words, a combined laceration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A wound is a break in the continuity of the skin, the break caused by violence or\u00a0trauma to the tissue. Types of wounds include abrasions, punctures, perforations, and\u00a0lacerations. A laceration, which is our concern here, is a torn, jagged cut that has gone\u00a0through the skin tissues and the blood vessels. Such a wound may have … Continue reading 2-3. LACERATIONS<\/span>