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 Trauma - Medical Encyclopedia
Trauma is serious physical injury to the body or mind, usually caused by violence, disaster, or negligent behavior such as driving while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.
In the field, emergency medical technicians, nurses, and paramedics, known as 'first responders', use stabilization techniques to improve the chances of a trauma patient surviving the ambulance trip to the hospital.
Typical causes of psychological trauma are abuse, violence, the threat of either, or the witnessing of either, particularly in childhood.
www.nursingstudy.com /encyclopedia/Trauma.html   (536 words)

  
 Splenic trauma
Splenic trauma is physical injury to the spleen, the lymphatic organ located in the upper left side of the abdomen.
Blunt trauma is often caused by a direct blow to the belly, car and motorcycle accidents, falls, sports mishaps, and fights.
This approach resulted from the difficulty in assessing the severity of the injury, the potential dangers of shock and death, and the beliefs that the spleen healed poorly and that it was not an important organ.
www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/splenic_trauma.jsp   (1247 words)

  
 Physical Trauma Encyclopedia @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In medicine, however, the words trauma patient usually refer to someone who has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury potentially resulting in secondary complications such as shock, respiratory failure and death.
Research has shown that deaths from physical trauma decline where there are organized trauma systems.
In a prehospital setting, also called the "field", emergency medical technicians, paramedics, specialized nurses, and less trained providers known as 'first responders', use stabilization techniques to improve the chances of a trauma patient surviving the ambulance trip to the hospital.
www.launchbase.com /encyclopedia/Physical_trauma   (524 words)

  
 Acoustic trauma Encyclopedia Search - Drug Price Search
Acoustic trauma is injury to the hearing mechanisms within the inner ear, caused by excessively loud noise.
Acoustic trauma is a common cause of sensory hearing loss.
A good indicator of acoustic trauma is when hearing loss follows exposure to noise.
www.drug-price-search.com /encyclopedia/?encyclopedia_name_url=112&level=2   (295 words)

  
 NBC10.com - Health Encyclopedia - Ear Emergencies
DO NOT reach inside the ear canal with tweezers.
The following symptoms, which may indicate significant trauma to the ear, should be evaluated by a physician:
Never put anything in the ear canal without first consulting a physician.
www.nbc10.com /encyclopedia/6859268/detail.html   (956 words)

  
 NBC11.com - Health Encyclopedia - Blood Pressure - Low
Treatment for high blood pressure or coronary heart disease (CHD)
Shock (from severe infection, stroke, anaphylaxis, major trauma, or heart attack)
Another common type of low blood pressure is orthostatic hypotension, which is brought on by a sudden change in body position, usually when shifting from lying down to standing?upright.
www.nbc11.com /encyclopedia/6863852/detail.html   (677 words)

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