Blunt or Penetrating Trauma. Blunt trauma is any injury from a forceful impact. Common causes are motor vehicle crashes, falls, or assaults. ... Chest wall stabilization; ...

A 30-year-old soldier presented with a penetrating blast injury to the right arm and axilla from an improvised explosive device in Iraq. The patient arrived at the Ibn Sina Hospital, 28th Combat ...

A total of 70 penetrating wounds were documented. The commonest sites were posterior chest (29%), upper limb (20%) & lower limb (17%). 8 had chest drains inserted in the emergency department.

Penetrating trauma to the penis and scrotum accounted for 59 of the injuries. In total, 43 testicles were injured in 34 patients (9 had bilateral injuries). In total, 32 testes were repaired ...

Wehrmann D, Antisdel J, Walen S, Brunworth J. Penetrating ocular trauma from a bean bag gun: a case report and review of less-lethal force and their consequences. Mo Med 2017;114:308-310. PubMed ...

Blunt trauma injuries, as distinct from penetrating knife and gunshot wound injuries, ... As part of the study, a panel of expert emergency medicine physicians and trauma surgeons defined major and ...

Trauma is the sixth leading cause of death worldwide, and recent studies suggest that 16 percent of renal trauma occurs from a penetrating injury, such as a gunshot wound, stabbing or piercing ...

Advancements in methods used by medical professionals have lowered preventable trauma deaths to less than two percent.

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2008;31(5):635-638. Given the potential for both pneumothorax and pericardial effusion in a patient with thoracic trauma, transcutaneous pacemaker capture was not felt ...