01-Briere.qxd 2/15/2006 1:39 PM Page 3 1 What Is Trauma? T he term psychological trauma has been applied in so many contexts by so many people that it has lost some of its original meaning. Often, trauma is used to refer both to negative events that produce distress and to the ...
Trauma refers to the injuries sustained when a person is subjected to a blunt force or a piercing trauma. Level 1 Trauma may also be referred to as “serious trauma.” Many trauma patients have been involved in automobile accidents, stabbings, and gunshot wounds. Falls, crush injuries, and ...
Timing Is What Matters In Treating Orthopaedic Injuries In Trauma PatientsLauren Pearson
Trauma and foreign bodies in the genitourinary system can lead to serious damage and possible complications. Check out this lesson to learn about these complications, as well as some possible treatment options. Related to this Question What does OU stand for in medical terms?
Undiagnosed, the activities of people affected by FASDs are frequently misinterpreted, misdiagnosed, and mistreated as a behavioral condition, resulting in further trauma. There is still work to be done to educate the public about the dangers of prenatal alcohol consumption. The enormous numbers of...
Trauma is defined as a deeply disturbing or distressing experience. There are three primary kinds of trauma: acute, chronic, and complex. Acute trauma results from a single, isolated incident. Chronic trauma is a repeated and prolonged series of incidents like domestic violence or abuse. Complex ...
Trauma:Vertigo may be a symptom ofconcussionand minor head trauma. What are the symptoms experienced from dizziness? Lightheadedness is the feeling of weakness and faintness as if you are about to pass out. The symptoms tend to be short-lived, depending on the cause. There may be associated...
Your anal sphincter is a ring of muscle around your anus. This muscle controls the opening and closing of your anus. Damage to your anal sphincter may occur from trauma such as pelvic floor surgery. Damage to the muscles and ligaments of your rectum and anus may cause a rectal prolapse. ...
Trauma Ultrasound is often used to detect intraperitoneal hemorrhage, pericardial tamponade, and hemothorax/pneumothorax – using anextended focused assessment with sonography for traumaor FAST. While POCUS of the abdomen may not allow isolating the source of the bleed, it can be helpful to determine...
Medical school is also the first time most students are confronted with patients who are sick, have trauma or are bleeding, he says. "All of these types of things that nobody will normally see in life," Desai says. "Those can have an impact on people psychologically. They ...