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Abrasion - Superficial skin is grazed

Incision - Deep, clean cut

Laceration - Similar to incision but the skin is ripped apart rather than sliced

Puncture - Usually by an impalement

Crush - An extremity is crushed between two heavy objects, (the skin in some cases will remain in tact while bones are destroyed)

Avulsion - A skin flap.

Amputation - An extremity, flesh or part of an extremity coming away from the rest of the body.

Decapitation - Severing the head or the torso

Evisceration - Protruding organ or intestine, usually an abdominal wound

Information comes from training and experience as a paramedic

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