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In a message dated 1/8/2002 4:31:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
CurtisK@sesahs.nsw.GOV.AU writes:

> We're compiling a regional trauma data dictionary, and have conflicting
> views on the definition of penetrating trauma.  Obviously a gsw or stabbing
> is likely to be penetrating, what about falling through a glass window and
> getting a laceration?  What about a chainsaw injury?  
> 
> 

Of course these are penetrating!  What would you call them?
I guess this seems awfully simple but here goes for a definition--
Any wound causing a break in the skin.  Certainly there are injuries 
involving varying levels of combined blunt and penetrating trauma--for 
instance we had a male arrive who had a two-by-four board fall from a height 
and one of the corners hit him in the neck--it caused a large 10 cm gash into 
Zone 1.  Of course this is a penetrating injury,  tho also having a blunt 
component that should be considered in assessing the potential injuries.
ERF

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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">We're compiling a regional trauma data dictionary, and have conflicting<BR>
views on the definition of penetrating trauma.&nbsp; Obviously a gsw or stabbing<BR>
is likely to be penetrating, what about falling through a glass window and<BR>
getting a laceration?&nbsp; What about a chainsaw injury?&nbsp; <BR>
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Of course these are penetrating!&nbsp; What would you call them?<BR>
I guess this seems awfully simple but here goes for a definition--<BR>
Any wound causing a break in the skin.&nbsp; Certainly there are injuries involving varying levels of combined blunt and penetrating trauma--for instance we had a male arrive who had a two-by-four board fall from a height and one of the corners hit him in the neck--it caused a large 10 cm gash into Zone 1.&nbsp; Of course this is a penetrating injury,&nbsp; tho also having a blunt component that should be considered in assessing the potential injuries.<BR>
ERF</B></FONT></HTML>

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