TRAUMA

A

100

CAUSES INJURY THAT DOES NOT PENETRATE THE SKIN

BLUNT TRAUMA

200

CAUSED BY A SHARP EDGE OF AN OBJECT

LOW ENERGY PENETRATION

300

PIERCES THE SKIN

PENETRATING TRAUMA

400

ENERGY OF A MOVING OBJECT

 KE=1/2 MASS X VELOCITY²

KINETIC ENERGY

500

FRONTAL, REAR END, LATERAL, ROLLOVER, ROTATIONAL

TYPES OF MVC

B

100

POTENTIAL, KINETIC, ENERGY OF WORK

3 CONCEPTS OF ENERGY

200

ASSOCIATED WITH ENERGY OF FALLING MASS, FORCE OF GRAVITY, HEIGHT

POTENTIAL ENERGY

300

FORCE OVER DISTANCE

ENERGY OF WORK

400

RESULTS FROM RAPID CHANGE IN TISSUE WITH THE PASSAGE OF A PROJECTILE

CAVITATION

500

MULTISYSTEM TRAUMA, FALL FROM HEIGHT, AUTO-PED, GSW

SIGNIFIGANT INJURIES

C

100

THE PATH A PROJECTILE TAKES

TRAJECTORY

200

CONSISTS OF 3 COLLISIONS

1 MVC

300

CAR AGAINST THE OBJECT

CRASH #1

400

KNOWN TO CAUSE WHIPLASH

REAR END COLLISIONS

500

1 IN 10 SURVIVE

HIT BY A VEHICLE TRAVELING 40 MPH

D

100

MORE THAN 20 FEET OR 2X THE PTS HEIGHT

SIGNIFIGANT FALL

200

PASSENGER AGAINST THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR

CRASH #2

300

ORGANS CONTAINING AIR

RUPTURE

400

DUE TO THE BLAST ITSELF, DAMAGE FROM PRESSURE WAVE

PRIMARY BLAST INJURY

500

RESULTS FROM FLYING DEBRIS

SECONDARY BLAST INJURY

E

100

GREATEST THREAT TO LIFE

INTERNAL INJURIES

200

INTERNAL ORGANS AGAINST SOLID BODY STRUCTURES

CRASH #3

300

PT IS HURLED BY FORCE OF AN EXPLOSION

TERTIARY BLAST INJURY

400

MOST COMMON CAUSE OF TRAUMATIC DEATH

NEURO AND HEAD INJURIES

500

INVOLVES MORE THAN 1 BODY SYSTEM

MULTISYSTEM TRAUMA