From: Management of traumatic wounds in the Emergency Department: position paper from the Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC) and the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES)
Child
low risk
Young
Adult
Elderly (>65 years)
high risk
Immunocompromised (treated with steroids, immunosuppressive agents, splenectomised, HIV …)
Vascular disease
Diabetic