Definition

• Cuts, lacerations, gashes and tears
• Scrapes, abrasions, scratches and floor burns
• Bruises (bleeding into the skin) without an overlying cut or abrasion

See More Appropriate Topic (instead of this one) If

• It's a puncture, see PUNCTURE WOUND
• There's a sliver in the skin, see SPLINTER OR SLIVER
• Injury looks infected, see WOUND INFECTION