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==Classification of wounds== | ==Classification of wounds== | ||
Mnemonic ''CALI'': | Mnemonic ''CALI'': | ||
*Contusion - "bruise", | *Contusion - "bruise", haematoma. | ||
*Abrasion - "scrape", e.g. motorcyclist slide across the roadway... skin ripped-off | **Age (usual colour change sequence): red, blue, green, yellow, brown.<ref name=Ref_HospAuto108>{{Ref HospAuto|108}}</ref> | ||
*Laceration - "tear", trauma distant from where skin split | *Abrasion - "scrape", e.g. motorcyclist slide across the roadway... skin ripped-off. | ||
*Laceration - "tear", trauma distant from where skin split. | |||
*Incised - "cut", e.g. caused by a knife.<ref name=Ref_HoFP154>{{Ref_HoFP|154}}</ref> | *Incised - "cut", e.g. caused by a knife.<ref name=Ref_HoFP154>{{Ref_HoFP|154}}</ref> | ||
*#"Cut" or "slash" = length > depth. | *#"Cut" or "slash" = length > depth. | ||