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Kinematics Trauma
Chapter 21
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blunt Trauma | An impact on the body by objects that cause injury without penetrating soft tissues or internal organs and cavities. |
| Cavitation | A phenomenon in which speed causes a bullet to generate pressure waves, which cause damage distant from the bullet's path. |
| Coup-contrecoup brain injury | A brain injury that occurs when fore is applied to the head and energy transmission through brain tissue causes injury on the opposite side of original impact. |
| Deceleration | The slowing of an object. |
| Index of suspicion | Awareness that unseen life-threatening injuries may exist when determining the mechanism of injury. |
| Kinetic Energy | The energy of a moving object. |
| Mechanism of Injury (MOI) | The forces or energy transmission applied to the body that cause injury. |
| Multisystem trauma patient | A patient who experienced trauma that affects more than one body system. |
| Penetrating Trauma | Injury caused by objects, such as knives and bullets, that pierce the surface of the body and damage internal tissues and organs. |
| Potential Energy | The product of mass, gravity, and height, which is converted into kinetic energy and results in injury, such as from a fall. |
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