Abrasions, Lacerations and Razor Burn

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Abrasions, Lacerations and Razor Burn
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Abrasion

• protect surrounding tissue with massage cream
• remove small prominences and scabs after
  embalming with a scalpel
• if moist surface pack
• opaque cosmetic (discoloration), waxing
• feather the wax

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Lacerations

• removal of scabs
• removal of dehydrated edges
• Pre-embalming Treatment
• Embalming Treatment
• Post-embalming Treatment

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Razor Burns

• Pre-embalming Treatments
• Post-embalming Treatments

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Bleaching

• Discolorations
• 1) surface compress
• 2) hypodermic injection
• 3) phenol

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Burns

• Types of agents
• 1) open flames
• 2) scalds
• 3) radiant heat
• 4) explosions
• 5) corrosive chemicals
• 6) gasoline flames

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Degree of Burns

• First Degree
• Second Degree
• Third Degree
• Fourth Degree

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Specific Burns

• Thermal Burns
• Chemical Burns
• Electrical Burns

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Decapitation

• Attachment of head to trunk
• 1) splint and/or dowel
• 2) alignment of head
• 3) suturing muscles
• 4) application of filler
• 5) suturing of skin margins
• 6) wax surfacing

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Fractures

• Types simple and compound
• Treatments
• 1) retracting and resetting
• 2) wire bridging
• 3) suturing
• 4) splinting