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  2. Penetrating trauma - Wikipedia

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    A penetrating injury in which an object enters the body or a structure and passes all the way through an exit wound is called a perforating trauma, while the term penetrating trauma implies that the object does not perforate wholly through. [2] In gunshot wounds, perforating trauma is associated with an entrance wound and an often larger exit ...

  3. Gunshot wound - Wikipedia

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    A gunshot wound (GSW) is a penetrating injury caused by a projectile (e.g. a bullet) shot from a gun (typically a firearm). [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Damage may include bleeding , bone fractures , organ damage, wound infection , and loss of the ability to move part of the body . [ 2 ]

  4. Penetrating head injury - Wikipedia

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    A study published in 1991, which documented 314 individuals who had had penetrating cranial injuries caused by gunshot wounds, found that 73% died from their injuries at the scene of the incident, and a further 19% ultimately died later, thus indicating a total mortality rate of 92%. [2] Perforating injuries have an even worse prognosis. [2 ...

  5. What Bullets Do to Bodies - Highline

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    She explained that there are two main categories of trauma: blunt and penetrating. Blunt trauma is like a beating, a fall. Penetrating is a gun or stab wound. “Unfortunately we get a lot of penetrating traumas,” she said. Temple sees 2,500 to 3,000 traumas per year, around 450 of which were gunshot wounds in 2016.

  6. Injury in humans - Wikipedia

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    Low-velocity penetration injuries are caused by sharp objects, such as stab wounds, while high-velocity penetration injuries are caused by ballistic projectiles, such as gunshot wounds or injuries caused by shell fragments. [13] Perforated injuries result in an entry wound and an exit wound, while puncture wounds result only in an entry wound.

  7. Major trauma - Wikipedia

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    There are many causes of major trauma, blunt and penetrating, including falls, motor vehicle collisions, stabbing wounds, and gunshot wounds. Depending on the severity of injury, quickness of management, and transportation to an appropriate medical facility (called a trauma center) may be necessary to prevent loss of life or limb. The initial ...

  8. Moral Injury: Healing - The Huffington Post

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    Therapists and researchers are recognizing more and more cases of service members like Grimes-Watson who are returning from war with moral injuries, wounds caused by blows to their moral foundation, damaging their sense of right and wrong and often leaving them with traumatic grief. Moral injuries aren’t always evident.

  9. Injury Severity Score - Wikipedia

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    To calculate an ISS, take the highest AIS severity code in each of the three most severely injured ISS body regions, square each AIS code and add the three squared numbers for an ISS (ISS = A 2 + B 2 + C 2 where A, B, C are the AIS scores of the three most injured ISS body regions). The ISS scores ranges from 1 to 75 (i.e. AIS scores of 5 for ...