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- What Is Blunt Trauma?
- What Is Blunt Trauma Death?
- Which Organs Are Most Likely to Be Injured by Blunt Trauma?
- How Is Blunt Trauma Diagnosed?
- Can Blunt Force Trauma Cause Blood Clots?
- Can Blunt Force Trauma Cause Aneurysms?
- Can Blunt Force Trauma Cause miscarriages?
- What Are The Most Important Facts to Know About Blunt Trauma?
Blunt trauma, also known as non-penetrating trauma or blunt force trauma, refers to injury of the body by forceful impact, falls, or physical attack with a dull object. Penetrating trauma, by contrast, involves an object or surface piercing the skin, causing an open wound. Blunt traumacan be caused by a combination of forces, including acceleration...
Blunt trauma death refers to physical trauma to the body by way of fall, impact, or attack, that results in death. Head trauma and severe loss of blood are the most common causes of death due to blunt traumatic injury. Severity of the injury depends on the mechanism and extent of injury. Typically, a large force applied to a sizable area over sever...
The majority of blunt trauma cases are from motor vehicle crashes and pedestrian injuries often resulting in abdominal injuries. These injuries are typically attributed to collisionsbetween the individual and the external environment, or to acceleration and deceleration forces acting on the individual’s internal organs.
When assessing possible abdominal trauma, physicians look for abdominal pain, tenderness, nausea, and vomiting. In cases of motor vehicle crashes, the presence of a positive ‘seatbelt sign’, appearing as bruising in a horizontal or diagonal band that corresponds to a seatbelt across the abdomen, chest, or neck, indicates an increased likelihood tha...
Blunt force trauma can often lead to bruising and blood clots. Bruising occurs when the blood vessels on the surface of the soft tissue of skin are broken, typically resulting in a temporary discoloration of the skin. Subsequently, the bodyforms clots, or semi-solid masses of blood, as a natural reaction to prevent an excess loss of blood from inju...
If there is blunt force trauma to the head and skull, there may be a risk for aneurysms, or enlarged and weakened arteries in the brain. For example, hitting one’s head against the steering wheel in a motor vehicle crash could cause blunt force trauma to the head. Brain aneurysms due to blunt and penetrating head injuriesare rare, however, and make...
Blunt injury during pregnancy can cause miscarriages, especially if it occurs after the first trimester of the pregnancy. The most common mechanisms of injury are motor vehicle crashes, falls, and assaults. The effects of traumatic injuries on the pregnancy largely depends on the gestational age of the fetus, as well as the type and the severity of...
Blunt trauma refers to injury of the body by forceful impact with a dull object. With blunt force trauma, there can be internal organ injuries that are not immediately visible. Common organs that are affected include the spleen, liver, and small intestine. Injuries to internal organs can lead to hemorrhage and sudden drop in blood pressure. If not ...
One of the most commonly encountered types of trauma resulting in serious injury or in traumatic death is blunt force injury. Blunt force injury is defined as injury resulting from impact with a blunt object, i.e., one that does not possess any sharp edges.
Oct 11, 2018 · The unacknowledged stress experienced by guards on execution teams risks dangerous mental-health consequences. As Givens, who now campaigns to end the death penalty, put it:
Death row. This bleak sobriquet evokes correspondingly foreboding imagery: adjoining cells made of bars of cold steel, ensconced deep within prison walls, inhabited by an assemblage of doomed offenders who mark the relentless passage of time that alone separates them from death by execution.
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Nov 24, 2020 · Here, we focus on some key “proximate causes” of death penalty trials and the outcomes of death penalty trials—namely, the decision-making that leads to a death penalty trial taking place, the decision-making during a death penalty trial, and the factors that shape both.
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This chapter outlines recent case law in this area, practical considerations for capital defense teams, and best practices for establishing rapport and investigating your client’s past trauma. Prophylactic measures practitioners can take for preventing their own secondary trauma is also discussed.
