A49-year-old male was climbing on a truck at a construction site when he fell backward to the ground. he presents with a 2-inch linear wound to the top of his head. bleeding has been controlled and the skull can be seen through the wound. how should you document this injury on the prehospital care report?

LACERATION is the document in the injury on the prehospital care report.

Explanation:

It is the wound that is produced by the tearing of the soft body tissues. This types of wound is often irregular and jagged in our body. So we have to take the preventive measures and the first aid immediately.

The laceration wound is contaminated with bacteria and other microbial organisms, the debris from the whatever the objects caused the cut . Laceration is caused by the injury with the sharp object or injury by the blunt object or force. The tissues injury is common and the infections of the injury is uncommon.