What is a skin avulsion?

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asked Feb 28, 2020 in Body/Skin by gogdogs (320 points)
What is a skin avulsion?

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answered Feb 28, 2020 by Cicero (4,320 points)
A skin avulsion happens because of an injury or accident.

When you get a skin avulsion the skin avulsion when your skin becomes torn from your body during an accident or other injury.

The skin that is torn due to the accident or injury may be lost or too damaged to be repaired, and it must be removed.

A skin avulsion or wound of this type cannot be stitched closed because there is tissue missing.

When you have a skin avulsion you need to go to the emergency room for medical treatment.

Control the bleeding with direct pressure and elevation, avoiding tourniquets unless bleeding cannot be controlled and and medical care will not be available for several hours.

If you cannot get to the emergency room yourself call 911 and have an ambulance come to you.

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