Explanation more about classification and types of wound.

1. Wound Care and
Treatment
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Diploma Kejururawatan

2. What is wound?
• According to the Wikipedia,wound is are :
• an injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other
impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken.
• Wound occurs because of many factors .

3. Classification Of Wound
• Wound divided into 2 classification
• Open Wound
• Closed Wound

4. Open Wound
• is an injury involving an external or internal break in body
tissue, usually involving the skin
• caused by a clean, sharp-edged object such as a knife, razor,
or glass splinter.
• Classified into 7:
• Incision
• Laceration
• Abration
• Avulsion
• Ulceration
• Puncture
• Penetrating

5. Incision
A wound
characterized
by a clean cut,
as by a sharp
instrument.
An incision: a small cut in a finger.

6. Laceration wound
Cut or wounded
in a jagged
manner.
A laceration to the leg

7. Abrasion wound
an abrasion is a wound
caused by superficial
damage to the skin, no
deeper than the
epidermis.
Abrasion on the palm of a right hand,
shortly after falling

8. Avulsion wound
an avulsion is an
injury in which a
body structure is
forcibly detached
from its normal
point of insertion
by either trauma
or surgery

9. Ulceration wound
An ulcer is a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane,
accompanied by the disintegration of tissue. Ulcers can
result in complete loss of the epidermis and often
portions of the dermis and even subcutaneous fat.
Diabetic Foot Ulcer

10. Penetrating wound
is an injury
that occurs
when an
object pierces
the skin and
enters a tissue
of the body,
creating an
open wound
Acute penetrating trauma from a close-range shotgun
blast injury to knee. Birdshot pellets are visible in the
wound, within the shattered patella. The powder wad
from the shotgun shell has been extracted from the
wound, and is visible at the upper right of the image.

11. Closed Wound
• the skin is intact and the underlying tissue is
not directly exposed to the outside world
• Closed wounds are usually caused by direct
blunt trauma sustained when falling down or
in motor vehicle accidents.
• Divided into 3 :
• Contusion
• Hematoma
• Sprain

12. Contusion
• A bruise, or
contusion, is caused
when blood vessels
are damaged or
broken as the result
of a blow to the
skin (be it bumping
against something
or hitting yourself
with a hammer).

13. Hematoma
hematoma is a collection of blood outside of a blood
vessel. It occurs because the wall of a blood vessel wall,
artery, vein or capillary, has been damaged and blood has
leaked into tissues where it does not belong.

14. Sprain
A sprain, more
commonly known as
torn ligament, is
damage to one or
more ligaments in a
joint, often caused by
trauma or the joint
being taken beyond its
functional range of
motion.