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WHAT IS TRAUMA?
By its very definition it implies any bodily injury due to an external force. Examples include motor vehicle collisions, falls, stabbings, and gun shot wounds. Injuries may also be caused from an act of terrorism.
What is a trauma patient?
Is an injured person who requires timely diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential injuries by a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals, supported by the appropriate resources, to diminish or eliminate the risk of death or permanent disability.
Trauma is preventable! Injuries/trauma are NOT "accidents".
We often refer to them as car crashes and not "car accidents". Trauma has identifiable causes with established methods of treatment and defined methods of prevention.
Causes of Injury
- Falls
- Motor Vehicle Crashes
- Motorcycle Crashes
- Assaults
- Sports Injuries
- Gun Shot Wounds
- Mass Casualty
- Bicycle Crashes
- Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle
- Agricultural Injuries
- Animal Injuries
- Stabbings
- Natural Disasters
- Terrorist Attacks
Trauma is a time-sensitive disease, which requires prompt recognition of serious injuries with timely intervention. The multiple injuries patients can have often require a team of specialists to help care for them and treat them.
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