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Wounds and Injuries
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Definition
: Damage inflicted on the body as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.
general or unspecified; prefer / inj with organs (Manual 19.7+, 19.8.38) or specific organ / inj precoordinates; policy: Manual 23.23
See Also
First Aid
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Transportation of Patients
Examples
Abdominal Injuries
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Amputation, Traumatic
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Arm Injuries
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Asphyxia
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Athletic Injuries
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Back Injuries
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Barotrauma
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Birth Injuries
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Bites and Stings
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Burns
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Contrecoup Injury
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Contusions
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Craniocerebral Trauma
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Dislocations
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Drowning
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Electric Injuries
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Esophageal Perforation
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Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials
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Foreign Bodies
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Fractures, Bone
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Fractures, Cartilage
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Frostbite
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Hand Injuries
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Heat Stress Disorders
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Hip Injuries
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Lacerations
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Leg Injuries
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Multiple Trauma
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Nasal Septal Perforation
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Neck Injuries
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Occupational Injuries
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Radiation Injuries
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Retropneumoperitoneum
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Rupture
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Self Mutilation
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Shock, Traumatic
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Soft Tissue Injuries
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Spinal Cord Injuries
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Spinal Injuries
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Sprains and Strains
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Tendon Injuries
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Thoracic Injuries
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Tooth Injuries
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Trauma, Nervous System
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Tympanic Membrane Perforation
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Vascular System Injuries
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Wound Infection
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Wounds, Nonpenetrating
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Wounds, Penetrating
Other names
Trauma; Injuries; Wound; Traumas; Injury and Wounds; Injury; Wounds, Injury; Wounds and Injury; Wounds; Injuries, Wounds; Injuries and Wounds