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Injuries in which soft tissue recieves more energy that it can absorb from thermal heat, chemicals, or electricity.
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Burns
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Damage caused to the skin by chemicals.
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Chemical burns
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Injury caused from contact with electric current.
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Electrical burns
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Burns affecting only the epidermis. Characterized by skin that is red but not blistered or burned through.
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First-degree (superficial) burns
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Burns affecting the epidermis and some portion of the dermis but not the subcutaneous tissue. Characterized by blisters and skin that is white to red and moist.
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Second-degree (partial-thickness) burns
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Damage to the skin caused by contact with hot objects, flammable vapor, steam, hot liquid, or flames.
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Thermal (heat) burns
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Burns that affect all skin layers and may affect the subcutaneous layers, muscles, bone, and internal organs, leaving the area dry, leathery, and white, dark-brown, or charred.
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Third-degree (full-thickness) burns
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Bleeding from the front of the nose.
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Anterior nosebleed
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A contusion on the mastoid area of either ear; sign of a basilar skull fracture.
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Battle's sign
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A temporary disturbance of brain activity caused by a blow to the head.
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Concussion
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A bruise; an injury that causes a hemorrhage in or beneath the skin but does not break the skin.
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Contusion
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Bleeding from the back of the nose, which ma flow out of the nose, which may flow our of the nostrils and into the mouth or throat.
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Posterior nosebleed
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A break of part of the skull (head bones).
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Skull fracture
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