Blunt Force Trauma

Contusions are a result of...

• Lacerations

• Blunt force trauma

• Scratches

• Incisions

The severity of an injury is determined by... (select all that apply)

• The amount of the impact force

• Surface area that gets hit

• The density of the area impacted

• How fast the object makes impact

A "train track-like" contusion is a result of...

• Sharp force trauma via a rod-like instrument

• Sharp force trauma via a cutting instrument

• Blunt force trauma via a rod-like instrument

• Blunt force trauma via a flat instrument

What causes a skull fracture?

• When compression forces crush long bones

• When compression forces cause the brain to swell

• When compression forces limit a person's head movement

• When compression forces exceed the elasticity of the cranial bone

This bruise is likely how old?

• 0-2 days

• 2-5 days

• 5-7 days

• 7-10 days

Match the following skull fracture characteristics with the injured area

• Ring fractures at the base of the skull

• Blow to temporal bone

• Linear fractures that extend down the forehead and into the sinuses

• Blow to top of head

• Stepped depression fractures

• Frontal Blow

• Fractures that run downward

• Vertebral Column

The order in which multiple skull fractures occurred can be determined based on where the fractures meet.

• True

• False

Contusions are a result of...

• Lacerations

• Blunt force trauma

• Scratches

• Incisions

The severity of an injury is determined by... (select all that apply)

• The amount of the impact force

• Surface area that gets hit

• The density of the area impacted

• How fast the object makes impact

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A "train track-like" contusion is a result of...

• Sharp force trauma via a rod-like instrument

• Sharp force trauma via a cutting instrument

• Blunt force trauma via a rod-like instrument

• Blunt force trauma via a flat instrument