25 Vocab Trauma Flashcards
Arterial air embolism 
Air bubbles in the arterial blood vessels
Blunt trauma
Impact on the body by objects that cause injuries without penetrating, soft tissues
Cavitation
the speed causes a bullet to generate pressure Waves
Coup contrecoup brain injury
A brain injury when force is applied to the head and injury show the opposite side of the impact
Deceleration
The slowing of a object
Drag
Resistance that slows a projectile
Glasgow coma scale
An evaluation tool used To use to determine level of consciousness
Index of suspicion
Awareness. That unseen, life-threatening injuries may exist
Kinetic energy
The energy of a moving object
Mechanism of injury
The forces or energy applied to the body that cause injury
Medical emergencies
Emergencies that requires EMS attention because of illness
Multi system trauma
Trauma that affects more than one body system
Penetrating trauma
Injury caused by objects, bullets
Potential energy
The product of mass, gravity and height, which is converted into kinetic energy
Projectile
An object propelled by force
Pulmonary blast injuries
short range exposure
Revised trauma score
Scoring system used for patients with Head trauma
Trajectory
The path of a projectile takes once it’s propelled
Trauma emergencies
physical forces applied to a patient’s body
Trauma score
A score calculated from 1 to 16 with 16 been the best possible score 
Tympanic membrane
The eardrum, a thin, semi transparent Millbrae in the middle ear that transmit sound vibrations to the interior ear, by means of auditory ossicles
Work
The measure of force over distance
