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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; Transportation of Patients
Examples Abdominal Injuries; Amputation, Traumatic; Arm Injuries; Asphyxia; Athletic Injuries; Back Injuries; Barotrauma; Birth Injuries; Bites and Stings; Burns; Contrecoup Injury; Contusions; Craniocerebral Trauma; Dislocations; Drowning; Electric Injuries; Esophageal Perforation; Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials; Foreign Bodies; Fractures, Bone; Fractures, Cartilage; Frostbite; Hand Injuries; Heat Stress Disorders; Hip Injuries; Lacerations; Leg Injuries; Multiple Trauma; Nasal Septal Perforation; Neck Injuries; Occupational Injuries; Radiation Injuries; Retropneumoperitoneum; Rupture; Self Mutilation; Shock, Traumatic; Soft Tissue Injuries; Spinal Cord Injuries; Spinal Injuries; Sprains and Strains; Tendon Injuries; Thoracic Injuries; Tooth Injuries; Trauma, Nervous System; Tympanic Membrane Perforation; Vascular System Injuries; Wound Infection; Wounds, Nonpenetrating; Wounds, Penetrating 		Other names Trauma; Injuries; Wound; Traumas; Injury and Wounds; Injury; Wounds, Injury; Wounds and Injury; Wounds; Injuries, Wounds; Injuries and Wounds

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