Chapter 21
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Blunt Trauma | An impact on the body by objects that cause injury without penetrating soft tissues or internal organs and cavities.
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| Cavitation | A phenomenon in which speed causes a bullet to generate pressure waves, which cause damage distant from the bullet's path.
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| 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.
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| Deceleration | The slowing of an object.
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| Index of suspicion | Awareness that unseen life-threatening injuries may exist when determining the mechanism of injury.
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| Kinetic Energy | The energy of a moving object.
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| Mechanism of Injury (MOI) | The forces or energy transmission applied to the body that cause injury.
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| Multisystem trauma patient | A patient who experienced trauma that affects more than one body system.
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| Penetrating Trauma | Injury caused by objects, such as knives and bullets, that pierce the surface of the body and damage internal tissues and organs.
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| 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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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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