Wound

After immigrating from Egypt to America at a young age, I was overwhelmed with the opportunities the country had to offer. Take public education for example, no such thing existed when I was living in Egypt. My parents had to work hard to put my brothers and I in school until we had arrived here. The transition from living on a couple of dollars a day to being able to work for myself and going out often has changed my methods of thinking. The conventional way of living a stable life in America…

The day after the injury, the patient explained that the wound developed small bubbles under the skin (Pietrangelo, 2012). According to the patient he was stranded in the woods for approximately one and a half days after the injury occurred. The paramedics reported that the wound had a severe infection. The compound fracture was severe and appeared to be the fibula. Skin around the wound was dark red and discharge was coming from the open wound (Pietrangelo, 2012). Paramedics also noted that…

After reading the accounts of James Smith and Mary Rowlandson, one can easily determine that James Smith got the better end of the deal when it came to being captured by the Native Americans. From the very beginning, both of their situations were completely different and only with some slight similarities. On one hand, Rowlandson talked about the tragedies she had to endure while being a captive with the Wampanoag’s in 1676. She went through the horror of being shot, and watching everyone she…

burn impressions. It was a penetrating wound because the bullet did not have an exit wound, but the bones did shatter and the bullet remained to travel in a straight line instead of deflecting elsewhere into the skull. From the hard-contact wound observed at the autopsy, gunpowder residue left ‘tattooing’ and powder was able to be recovered and taken into evidence as well as the diameter of the gun barrel was measured from the head injury. Inside the wound track, soot and unburnt powder were…

single entrance wound.2 History: On 11/10/1435 AH, the police referred a case of 32 year old, single, Saudi male found after a call received by his neighbor about firearm sound came from his…

Tongue Laceration A tongue laceration is a cut on the tongue. Over the next 1 to 2 days, you will see that the wound edges appear gray in color. The edges may appear ragged and slightly spread apart. Because of all the normal bacteria in the mouth, these wounds are contaminated, but this is not an infection that needs antibiotics. Most wounds heal with no problems despite their appearance. TREATMENT Most tongue lacerations only go partway through the tongue. This type of injury generally does…

More Americans have died during the Civil War than any other war. 620,000 soldiers died in the line of duty. Two-thirds of these didn’t die from wounds. They died from diseases such as typhoid and dysentery. Civil War medicine was not yet advanced enough to connect a lack of hygiene with an influx of disease. Lack of hygiene in hospitals and camps also contributed to the spread of disease. Placing a latrine downstream away from the clean water supply was sometimes also overlooked. Disease spread…

are much quicker in action than other venomous snake bites. The first things the animal will go through are pain, bleeding uncontrollably, difficulty breathing, inflammation, lethargy, and numbness. If the client notices that the pet has a puncture wound of any type, or there is suspected to have been a bite, the pet should receive medical attention immediately! Treatment for a moccasin bite is the same as that of the rattlesnake. It requires fluid therapy, treating for shock, and antibiotics.…

were shockingly brought in as evidence. She claimed it was self-defense, the fact is Alexander was stabbed to death 29 times with his throat slit from ear to ear and a shot gun wound to the head with a .25 caliber-gun that matches the one Arias’s grandparents had in possession that only went missing a week earlier. The wounds were obviously not in self-defense but cold blooded…

My journey into the healthcare field was unconventional to say the least. I had no parental influence or family members that worked in the field. Instead, it was a specific moment I remembered vividly that would be my introduction to the healthcare field. At the age of 10, I witnessed the homicide of my uncle. He received a gunshot to the posterior portion of his cranium by another family member. That was the first time I saw brain matter, experienced being helpless, and in shock. The trauma…