3rd Grading Health Notes First Aid and Unintentional Injury
3rd Grading Health Notes First Aid and Unintentional Injury
3rd Grading Health Notes First Aid and Unintentional Injury
3rd Quarter Health 9 Notes 3. Incision – is a cut caused by a knife, broken glasses or any sharp objects.
UNINTENTIONAL INJURY, PREVENTION, SAFETY AND FIRST AID 4. Laceration – is a blunt breaking or tearing of soft tissues usually resulting from
mishandling tools and other accidents.
The Basic of First aid 5. Avulsion – is a forcible tearing or partial tearing away of tissues.
Wounds
- are breaks in the continuity of a tissue in the body. It may be closed in
which there is no break or damage in the skin. I is also called hematoma
or contusion. A wound may also be an open wound in which there is a
break in the skin.
Kinds of Open Wounds
1. Puncture – is a piercing wound caused by nails, needles and other pointed
objects.