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==Classification of wounds== | ==Classification of wounds== | ||
===Overview=== | |||
Mnemonic ''CALI'': | Mnemonic ''CALI'': | ||
*Contusion - "bruise", haematoma. | *Contusion - "bruise", haematoma. | ||
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*#"Stab" = depth > length. | *#"Stab" = depth > length. | ||
===DDx=== | |||
How to decide what you're looking at: | How to decide what you're looking at: | ||
*Contusion: | *Contusion: | ||
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**Contusions skin is intact... in abrasion it is not. | **Contusions skin is intact... in abrasion it is not. | ||
**Abrasions and contusions may be co-localized, i.e. in the same place. | **Abrasions and contusions may be co-localized, i.e. in the same place. | ||
**Can be subclassified as ''brush abrasions'' (has skin tags) and ''crush abrasions'' (do not have skin tags). | |||
***Skin tags suggest directionality; they are found at the distal point / point of last contact.<ref name=Ref_HospAuto105>{{Ref HospAuto|105}}</ref> | |||
*Laceration vs. incision: | *Laceration vs. incision: | ||
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***Bridges are fine strands of tissue that cross the long axis of the skin defect. | ***Bridges are fine strands of tissue that cross the long axis of the skin defect. | ||
****You can think of the wound as partially "sutured" by the bridges of tissue. | ****You can think of the wound as partially "sutured" by the bridges of tissue. | ||
**Lacerations are usually associated with a contusion and/or crush. | |||
**Lacerations are classically on the skull and face. They are rarely on the abdomen. | |||
==Autopsy== | ==Autopsy== | ||