24 Trauma Overview

Question 1

primary blast injury

Answer 1

injury due to the blast wave itself

Question 2

secondary blast injury

Answer 2

injury due to missiles being propelled by blast force

Question 3

tertiary blast injury

Answer 3

injury due to impact with another object

Question 4

quaternary injury

Answer 4

collateral injury e.g. burns, crush injuries, toxic inhalation

Question 5

cavitation

Answer 5

speed causes a bullet to generate pressure waves, which then leads to damage distant from the bullet’s path

Question 6

coup-contrecoup brain injury

Answer 6

occurs when force is applied to the head and energy transmission through brain tissue causes injury on the opposite side of original impact