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  2. Injury in humans - Wikipedia

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    The most immediate injury caused by asphyxia is hypoxia, which can in turn cause acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome as well as damage to the circulatory system. The most severe injury associated with asphyxiation is cerebral hypoxia and ischemia , in which the brain receives insufficient oxygen or blood, resulting in ...

  3. SOCRATES (pain assessment) - Wikipedia

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    SOCRATES is used to gain an insight into the patient's condition, and to allow the health care provider to develop a plan for dealing with it. [1] [2] It can be useful for differentiating between nociceptive pain and neuropathic pain. [3]

  4. Neurogenic shock - Wikipedia

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    Neurogenic shock is a distributive type of shock resulting in hypotension (low blood pressure), often with bradycardia (slowed heart rate), caused by disruption of autonomic nervous system pathways. [1] It can occur after damage to the central nervous system, such as spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury.

  5. Pathophysiology - Wikipedia

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    Pathophysiology (or physiopathology) is a branch of study, at the intersection of pathology and physiology, concerning disordered physiological processes that cause, result from, or are otherwise associated with a disease or injury.

  6. Major trauma - Wikipedia

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    The care of acutely injured people in a public health system requires the involvement of bystanders, community members, health care professionals, and health care systems. It encompasses pre-hospital trauma assessment and care by emergency medical services personnel, emergency department assessment, treatment, stabilization, and in-hospital ...

  7. Needlestick injury - Wikipedia

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    The first one is the use of tools that have been changed so that they are less likely to lead to a sharps injury such as blunt or taper-point surgery needles and safety engineered scalpels. [7] Needleless connectors (NCs) were introduced in the 1990s to reduce the risk of health care worker needlestick injuries. [15]

  8. Primary and secondary brain injury - Wikipedia

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    Primary and secondary brain injury are ways to classify the injury processes that occur in brain injury. In traumatic brain injury (TBI), primary brain injury occurs during the initial insult, and results from displacement of the physical structures of the brain. [1] Secondary brain injury occurs gradually and may involve an array of cellular ...

  9. Musculoskeletal injury - Wikipedia

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    Nerve compression is a result of poor posture, prolonged computer use is an example of repetitive strain injury which affects the musculoskeletal system. [ 16 ] [ 2 ] Whiplash injury , whereby the force causes strain to the capsule and ligaments of the apophyseal joints of the cervical spine . [ 7 ]