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In medicine, an avulsion is an injury in which a body structure is torn off by either trauma or surgery (from the Latin avellere, meaning "to tear off"). [1] The term most commonly refers to a surface trauma where all layers of the skin have been torn away, exposing the underlying structures (i.e., subcutaneous tissue , muscle , tendons , or ...
In the United States in 2012, 4,383 workers died from job injuries, 92% of which were men, [9] and nearly 3 million nonfatal workplace injuries & illness were reported which cost businesses a collective loss of $198.2 billion and 60 million workdays. [10]
Traumatic amputation is the partial or total avulsion of a part of a body during a serious accident, like traffic, labor, or combat. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] Traumatic amputation of a human limb, either partial or total, creates the immediate danger of death from blood loss.
An Ohio-based bakeware company is facing fines of almost $200,000 after two workers suffered major injuries. The workers both experienced what the Labor Department described as "amputation injuries."
A local food processor is facing $242,000 in fines for an incident in which a temporary kitchen worker's finger was amputated in a meat grinder
A degloving injury is a type of soft-tissue avulsion injury that can occur anywhere in the body. [1] Commonly affected areas include the face, scalp, trunk, limbs, and genitalia. [ 1 ] Degloving injuries are caused by shearing forces that cause the soft tissue layers to get pulled apart.
Replantation or reattachment is defined as the surgical reattachment of a body part (such as a finger, hand, or toe) that has been completely cut from the body. [1] Examples include reattachment of a partially or fully amputated finger, or reattachment of a kidney that had had an avulsion-type injury.
Avulsion 10: Amputation 20: Burn 30: Crush 40: Degloving 50: Injury - NFS 60: Penetrating Head - Loss of Consciousness (LOC) 02: Length of loss of consciousness 04-08: Level of consciousness 10: Concussion Spine 02: Cervical 04: Thoracic 06: Lumbar Vessels, Nerves, Organs, Bones, Joints 02: Vessels 04: Nerves 06: Organs 08: Bones 10: Joints