General Trauma Staging Concepts

Generic Extremity Injury Assessment
Location Specific Region
Structures Involved
Additional structures at risk from exploration / debridement
Zone of injury Localized
Diffuse or Indeterminate
Defect Intact
Damaged in continuity
Retained function
Partial functional loss
Functional loss
Segmental loss
Distally unsalvageable
Mechanism Laceration
Crush
Torsion
Avulsion
Injection
Blast
Burn
Resultant wound conditions Tissue Loss
Vascularity
Contamination
Timing Early / Acute
Secondary / Delayed Primary
Late - Open
Late - Closed
Systemic Wound Healing Factors
Other Factors influencing outcome

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