Types
A slice or tear in the skin causing minimal bleeding and minimal pain.
What is a laceration?
Outermost layer of skin
What is Epidermis?
Tubes used to transport blood that are larger than a capillary
What are veins?
Skin is scraped against a rough surface. Painful because millions of nerve endings are exposed
What is an Abrasion?
Attaches Muscle to Bone
What are tendons?
When bleeding you cover up the wound with this
What is Sterile Gauze?
Layer of skin completely torn off
What is an Avulsion?
What is Hypodermis
infectious microorganisms in human blood that can cause disease in humans
What is bloodborne pathogens?
Penetration of skin by a sharp object
What is Puncture wound?
Keeps fluids in, Picks up sensations
What is Skins job?
Tiny Blood vessels all around your body
What are Capillaries?
Also known as bruising
What is Contusion?
a break in the continuity of the soft parts of body structures caused by a trauma to these tissues
What is skin wound?
An emergency condition in which a ruptured blood vessel causes bleeding inside the brain.
What is Hemorrhagic