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18 Cards in this Set
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bright red spurting blood from a wound
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arterial bleeding
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dark red bleeding, usually steady flow
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venous bleeding
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slow oozing bleeding, dark or intermediate color
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capillary bleeding
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epistaxis
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nosebleed
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a bruise
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contusion
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black and blue discoloration of a bruise
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ecchymosis
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wound with no break in the skin
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closed injury
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closed injury characterized by a mass of blood beneath the surface of the epidermis
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hematoma
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open/closed injury in which high pressure forces cause serious damage to underlying soft tissue with internal bleeding, resulting in possible hemmoragic shockq
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crush injuries
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cintinuity of the skin is broken, such as cuts and lacerations
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open injury
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scraping, rubbing, or shearing away from the skin
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abrasion
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break in the skin of varying depth, linear or stellate(irregular)
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laceration
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loose flap of skin and underlying soft tissue that has been torn loose
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avulsions
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a dressing that forms an airtight seal over a wound
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occlusive dressing
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protrusion of organs from a wound
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evisceration
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Three classes of burns
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superficial, partial-thickness, and full thickness
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tough leathery dead soft tissue as a result of a ful-thickness burn
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eschar
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commercially prepared sterile, particle free, disposable sheet used to cover the entire body in severe burn injuries
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burn sheet
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