I was hoping to get some clarification as to what a penetrating trauma under FTT guidelines is considered to be? I've seen many definitions that will define it as a breaking of the skin resulting in an open wound but wouldn't a laceration fall under that definition? For example you attend a patient that has fallen resulting in a deep laceration to their head. Would that injury be considered penetrating and thus fall under FTT guidelines? 

Penetrating trauma would be wounds caused by an object puncturing the skin and underlying tissues.. Blunt trauma (striking an object causing tissue injury) can also cause a break in the skin. The main divisor in these categories is whether or not an object passed into the skin or not. 

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