This document outlines physical injuries that can occur in different parts of the body. It discusses potential head injuries like scalp wounds, skull fractures, and brain injuries. Chest injuries like lung and heart damage from stab wounds, gunshots or crushed ribs are described. Abdominal injuries to organs like the liver, stomach, intestines and kidneys from blows, stabbings or vehicle impacts are covered. Pelvic fractures from accidents are noted. Extremity injuries from direct violence, crushing forces or indirect impacts are briefly mentioned at the end.
This document outlines physical injuries that can occur in different parts of the body. It discusses potential head injuries like scalp wounds, skull fractures, and brain injuries. Chest injuries like lung and heart damage from stab wounds, gunshots or crushed ribs are described. Abdominal injuries to organs like the liver, stomach, intestines and kidneys from blows, stabbings or vehicle impacts are covered. Pelvic fractures from accidents are noted. Extremity injuries from direct violence, crushing forces or indirect impacts are briefly mentioned at the end.
This document outlines physical injuries that can occur in different parts of the body. It discusses potential head injuries like scalp wounds, skull fractures, and brain injuries. Chest injuries like lung and heart damage from stab wounds, gunshots or crushed ribs are described. Abdominal injuries to organs like the liver, stomach, intestines and kidneys from blows, stabbings or vehicle impacts are covered. Pelvic fractures from accidents are noted. Extremity injuries from direct violence, crushing forces or indirect impacts are briefly mentioned at the end.
This document outlines physical injuries that can occur in different parts of the body. It discusses potential head injuries like scalp wounds, skull fractures, and brain injuries. Chest injuries like lung and heart damage from stab wounds, gunshots or crushed ribs are described. Abdominal injuries to organs like the liver, stomach, intestines and kidneys from blows, stabbings or vehicle impacts are covered. Pelvic fractures from accidents are noted. Extremity injuries from direct violence, crushing forces or indirect impacts are briefly mentioned at the end.
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Chapter 11
Physical Injuries in the
Different Parts of the Body Outline: 1) Head and neck injuries • Heart • Scalp 3) Abdominal injuries • Skull • Stomach • Brain • Intestine • Face • Liver • Neck • Kidney 2) Chest injuries 4) Pelvic injuries • Chest wall • Vagina • Lungs 5) Extremities 1) Head and neck injuries • Absence of external wound does Scalp: not permit a conclusion that • A wound of the scalp although there is no internal damage small and negligible is always • Bleeding from the ear, nostrils, potentially serious: and mouth may indicate internal • Prone to infections fracture • Proximity to the skull and brain • Unconsciousness • Difficult to determine the extent of internal damage 1) Head and neck injuries • Abrasion of the scalp is • Skull: commonly unnoticed due to the • Fissure fracture – impact of a protective covering of the hair blunt object resulting to cracks in the skull • Scalp wounds – there or there • Localized depressed fracture – may not be involvement of the smashing of the round face of a skull hammer • Penetrating injuries – sharp instruments injuring the skull 1) Head and neck injuries • Hemorrhages may occur even in • Compression of the brain – the absence of a fracture. It may symptoms of injury do not occur without trauma. Blood appear immediately vessels in the brain may be • Vomiting, headache, irregular diseased and may rupture breathing and paralysis spontaneously. • Brain: • Loss of memory, epilepsy, • Hemorrhage paralysis or insanity • Laceration through a fractured skull • Compression which leads to unconsciousness or paralysis 1) Head and neck injuries • Face: • Neck: Due to the proximity to the brain, Abrasions of the neck – fatal due facial injuries are always a threat big blood vessels to life • Manual strangulation • Eye • Death by hanging • Nose – usually fatal when infection • Suicidal cut-throat wounds extends to the brain • Ear • Mouth 2) Chest injuries • Vital organs – heart, lungs and • Heart and lungs: principal blood vessels • Natural disease • Direct violence • Sharp instrument – bullet or stab wound • Stab wounds due to its • Fractured ribs accessibility • Compression – crushing or • Bullet wounds grinding force • Vehicular accidents • Fracture of the ribs • Violent dynamite blast • Affecting heart and lungs 3) Abdominal injuries • Skin may remain unmarked • Intestine: despite extensive internal • Septic contents may scatter injuries – internal bleeding or resulting to infection rupture of organs • Stomach: • Most vulnerable internal organs • Stab wounds – fatal • Several blood vessels changing • Infection or injury adjacent to the liver directions • Tearing of the stomach is common • Compression or blow when a person is run over by a motor vehicle 3) Abdominal injuries • Liver: • Kidney: • Most vulnerable due to its size, • Traumatic injury usually from a weight, location and friability blow at the lumbar region • Victim usually dies of severe • Injured at the slightest violence hemorrhage or shock • Run over by a vehicle • Stab wounds and gunshot wounds • Fall usually involve the liver • Victim usually dies of loss of kidney function, severe hemorrhage or shock 4) Pelvic injuries • Fracture, especially of the pubis, 5) Extremities is common in vehicular accidents and crush injuries Injuries on upper or lower extremities – direct violence, • Difficulty or loss of locomotion crushing or some indirect force. • Vagina: • Lacerated wounds – flesh or blood • Laceration due to sexual act or vessels and nerves faulty instrumentation to induce • Muscle swelling and pain criminal abortion • Fracture of bones • Infection – severe, require amputation - END -