RT Book, Section
A1 Smock, William S.
A1 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181057266
T1 Sharp-Force-Pattern Injuries
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181057266
RD 2024/04/18
AB There  are  two  types  of  sharp-force  injuries:  incised  and  stabbed.  The  incised  wound  is  longer  than  it  is  deep.  The  stab  wound  is  defined  as  a  puncture  wound  that  is  deeper  than  it  is  wide  (Figs.  19.19,  19.20,  19.21).  The  wound  margins  of  sharp-force  injuries  are  clean  and  lack  the  abraded  edges  of  lacerations  from  blunt  forces.  Forensic  information  can  be  gathered  during  the  examination  of  a  stab  wound.  Some  characteristics  of  a  knife  blade,  single-  or  double-edged,  can  be  determined  by  visual  inspection.  Characteristics  such  as  serrated  versus  sharp  can  be  determined  if  the  blade  was  drawn  across  the  skin  during  insertion  or  withdraw  from  the  victim.  Serrated  blades  do  not  always  leave  these  characteristic  marks.