Glossary: Musculoskeletal and Trauma

Bite wound

Bite or suspicion of bite from human or animal.

Warm tender / swollen joint

Joint pain or swelling

Warm tender / swollen bone

Bone pain or swelling

Superficial wound

Superficial wound or abrasion are wounds limited to the outer skin layer.  They are usually caused by friction against abrasive surface.

Deep wound

Deep abrasions, like cuts or lacerations,  exceed the outer layers and can go  through all the layers of the skin and into underlying tissue like muscle or bone.

Wound infection: pus / warm / swelling

Surrounding skin being inflamed with redness, warmness, pain at the palpation, swelling or pus evacuation.

Suspicion of bone fracture

Presence of an important hematoma, deformation, limitation of mobilization or very painful at the palpation or mobilization.

Suspicion of bone dislocation

Presence of an important deformation, limitation of mobilization, instability or very painful at the palpation.

Burn wound

Has the child suffered a burn resulting in skin breakdown? 

Open skull fracture

Open skull fracture or compound fracture is when there is a fracture of the skull (splintering of the skull bone) and a break in the skin.

Basilar skull fracture

Signs of basilar skull fracture:

- Retro-auricular
- Periorbital bruising
- Blood or CSF running from ear

Limping

Difficult, asymmetrical and sometimes slow gait, favoring one leg