A
CAUSES INJURY THAT DOES NOT PENETRATE THE SKIN
BLUNT TRAUMA
POTENTIAL, KINETIC, ENERGY OF WORK
3 CONCEPTS OF ENERGY
THE PATH A PROJECTILE TAKES
TRAJECTORY
MORE THAN 20 FEET OR 2X THE PTS HEIGHT
SIGNIFIGANT FALL
GREATEST THREAT TO LIFE
INTERNAL INJURIES
CAUSED BY A SHARP EDGE OF AN OBJECT
LOW ENERGY PENETRATION
ASSOCIATED WITH ENERGY OF FALLING MASS, FORCE OF GRAVITY, HEIGHT
POTENTIAL ENERGY
CONSISTS OF 3 COLLISIONS
1 MVC
PASSENGER AGAINST THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR
CRASH #2
INTERNAL ORGANS AGAINST SOLID BODY STRUCTURES
CRASH #3
PIERCES THE SKIN
PENETRATING TRAUMA
FORCE OVER DISTANCE
ENERGY OF WORK
CAR AGAINST THE OBJECT
CRASH #1
RUPTURE
PT IS HURLED BY FORCE OF AN EXPLOSION
TERTIARY BLAST INJURY
ENERGY OF A MOVING OBJECT
KE=1/2 MASS X VELOCITY2
KINETIC ENERGY
RESULTS FROM RAPID CHANGE IN TISSUE WITH THE PASSAGE OF A PROJECTILE
CAVITATION
KNOWN TO CAUSE WHIPLASH
REAR END COLLISIONS
DUE TO THE BLAST ITSELF, DAMAGE FROM PRESSURE WAVE
PRIMARY BLAST INJURY
MOST COMMON CAUSE OF TRAUMATIC DEATH
NEURO AND HEAD INJURIES
FRONTAL, REAR END, LATERAL, ROLLOVER, ROTATIONAL
TYPES OF MVC
MULTISYSTEM TRAUMA, FALL FROM HEIGHT, AUTO-PED, GSW
SIGNIFIGANT INJURIES
1 IN 10 SURVIVE
HIT BY A VEHICLE TRAVELING 40 MPH
RESULTS FROM FLYING DEBRIS
SECONDARY BLAST INJURY
INVOLVES MORE THAN 1 BODY SYSTEM
MULTISYSTEM TRAUMA