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   Can blunt force trauma cause death?

   • People dying natural deaths often have minor blunt force injuries that do not contribute to death—small abrasions or contusions on the skin are commonplace at autopsy. Although it is important to document evidence of blunt force trauma in all autopsies, one should not immediately assume that blunt force trauma is the cause of death.

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   What are the most common causes of death from blunt traumatic injury?

   • Head trauma and exsanguination are the most common early causes of death due to blunt traumatic injury. Blunt trauma may result in internal or external hemorrhage depending on location and mechanism. Recent contusions are typically red/purple and go through a series of color changes as they heal.

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   How does a blunt traumatic injury affect a person's body?

   • Alternatively, a smaller force applied to a smaller area will result in less tissue damage; for example, the impact of a thrown baseball to the shoulder of an individual will likely cause minor blunt trauma. Head trauma and exsanguination are the most common early causes of death due to blunt traumatic injury.

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   What is blunt force trauma?

   • Blunt force trauma is routinely involved in cases classified as accidents, as well as in cases of suicide and homicide. People dying natural deaths often have minor blunt force injuries that do not contribute to death—small abrasions or contusions on the skin are commonplace at autopsy.

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2. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › books › NBK470338Blunt Force Trauma - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

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   Aug 7, 2023 · Trauma is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients under 35-years of age and the sixth leading cause of death worldwide. The majority of serious traumatic injuries are due to blunt trauma from motor vehicle crashes and pedestrian injuries.

   • Author: Leslie V. Simon, Richard A. Lopez, Kevin C. King
   • Affiliations: Mayo Clinic Florida, Geisinger Medical Center

   • Publish Year: 2019
   • Published: 2023/08/07

3. www.politifact.com › factchecks › 2022FBI data shows more deaths by ‘hands, fists, feet’ than ...

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   May 25, 2022 · A Facebook post claimed that more people were killed by hands, fists and feet in 2020 than by rifles. FBI data does confirm that statistic. But the data source is limited, and the stat alone...

4. emedicine.medscape.com › article › 1680107Forensic Autopsy of Blunt Force Trauma - Medscape

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   Dec 23, 2014 · Blunt force trauma accounted for 4.2% of all homicides, compared with the top two means of homicide: firearms (71.5%) and sharp instrument (10.6%). Blunt force trauma accounted for less than...

5. link.springer.com › referenceworkentry › 10Blunt Force Injury Deaths - SpringerLink

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   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.

6. ccforum.biomedcentral.com › articles › 10Trends in pre-hospital volume resuscitation of blunt trauma ...

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   Mar 15, 2024 · All adult blunt trauma patients with an Injury Severity Score > 15 were included. We examined annual trends in pre-hospital fluid resuscitation, admission coagulation function, and mortality rates. Over the 15-year study period, data from 68,510 patients in the TARN cohort and 82,551 patients in the TR-DGU cohort were analysed.

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   Jul 26, 2022 · Blunt force trauma is the leading cause of death for motor vehicle occupants with head injury being the most common lethal event [2, 3]. Head injuries may involve focal or diffuse trauma with primary impacts to the head causing skull fractures and cerebral haemorrhage, contusions and lacerations [ 4 ].

8. emj.bmj.com › content › 40/5/369Risk factors that predict mortality in patients with blunt ...

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   Identified risk factors for mortality following blunt chest wall trauma were: age 65 years or more (OR: 2.11; 95% CI 1.85 to 2.41), three or more rib fractures (OR: 1.96; 95% CI 1.69 to 2.26) and presence of pre-existing disease (OR: 2.86; 95% CI 1.34 to 6.09).