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For initial treatment of a mild contusion, remember RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation.contusion = an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration (bruising)
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Initial treatment of a contusion calls for ice for 10 to 15 minutes every two hours, but after a day or two, heat may be helpful.
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Several shop owners attempting to defend their property are in hospital recovering from contusions.† (source)contusions = injuries that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration (bruises)
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And most serious, the contusions on my brain.† (source)
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Four other men, including two of the Algerians, sustained contusions.† (source)
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Both arms were broken, along with multiple lacerations, contusions, I suspect internal injuries and a severe concussion.† (source)
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She had countless contusions and fractures.† (source)contusions = injuries that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration (bruises)
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Half was a purple contusion that hung in strips like a shredded mask.† (source)contusion = an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration (bruising)
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Only spent a couple hours at most in the river; the contusions and lacerations are evident.† (source)contusions = injuries that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration (bruises)
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Lydgate leaped and climbed, he hardly knew how, on to the stage, and was active in help, making the acquaintance of his heroine by finding a contusion on her head and lifting her gently in his arms.† (source)contusion = an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration (bruising)
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There were no lacerations or obvious contusions, but that meant nothing; serious brain trauma was still possible.† (source)contusions = injuries that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration (bruises)
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In fact, a man on horseback galloped down, before the passengers were well collected together; and a careful investigation being instituted, it appeared that the lady inside had broken her lamp, and the gentleman his head; that the two front outsides had escaped with black eyes; the box with a bloody nose; the coachman with a contusion on the temple; Mr Squeers with a portmanteau bruise on his back; and the remaining passengers without any injury at all—thanks to the softness of the snow-drift in which they had been overturned.† (source)contusion = an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration (bruising)
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The night before, Paramedic (in Training) Lindsey Lee Wells had diagnosed him with moderate contusions and "sprained balls" after an exhaustive search of medical Websites.† (source)contusions = injuries that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration (bruises)
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The head had received a severe contusion, but he had seen greater injuries recovered from: he was by no means hopeless; he spoke cheerfully.† (source)contusion = an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration (bruising)
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There are multiple fractures and contusions, some with open gashes in them.† (source)contusions = injuries that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration (bruises)
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Benjamin received a severe contusion from the recoil of his gun, which produced a short stupor, during which period the ex-steward was prostrate on the ground.† (source)contusion = an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration (bruising)
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