Burns- any injury involving the skin, including muscles, bones, nerves and blood vessels. This results from heat, chemical, electrical or solar or other forms of radiation.

Common Cause:
1. Carelessness with the matches and cigarette smoking.
2. Scald from hot liquid.
3. Defective heating, cooking and electrical equipment.
4. Immersion in overheated bath water.
5. Use of such chemicals, as lye, strong acids and strong detergents.

Factors to Determine the Seriousness of Thermal Burns:
1. The depth, th...
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Wound is a break int the continuity of a tissue of the body either internal or external.

Two Classification of Wound
1. Close Wound- involves the underlying tissue without break/ damage in the skin or mucous membrane.
 Causes
 -> Blunt object result in contusion or bruises.
 -> Application of external forces.

Signs and Symptoms
 -> Pain and tenderness
 -> Swelling
 -> Discoloration
 -> Hematoma
 -> Uncontrolled restlessness
 -> Thirst
 -> Symptoms of shock
 -> Vomiting or cough- up blood
 -> Passage of bloo...
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Shock is the depressed condition of many body functions due to failure of enough blood circulation throughout the body following serious injury.

Danger of Shock
1. Lead to Death
2. Predisposes body to infection
3. Lead to loss of body part

Causes
1. Severe Bleeding
2. Crushing injury.
3. Infection
4. Heart Attack
5. Perforation
6. Shell bomb and bullet wound
7. Rupture of tubal pregnancies
8. Anaphylaxis
9. Starvation and disease may also cause shock

 Signs and Symptoms of Shock

Early Stage:
1. Face- pale or ...
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