What describes a compression injury causing tissue damage?

• A. Increased skin elasticity
• B. No effect on tissue
• C. Localized nerve damage only
• D. Compression injury causing tissue damage

Answer: (D)

When tissue is subjected to external pressure, the force can exceed the tissue’s ability to stay perfused. This reduces blood flow, leading to hypoxia and cell injury, and if the pressure persists, tissue damage results. That is exactly what the option describes: a compression injury causing tissue damage. The other statements don’t fit this scenario—increased skin elasticity isn’t about injury from compression, no effect on tissue ignores the clearly damaging impact of sustained pressure, and “localized nerve damage only” is too narrow since compression can damage multiple tissues beyond just nerves. So this description directly matches what happens when a compression injury leads to tissue damage.