Title: Blunt force trauma definition, causes, symptoms, diagnosis & treatment
Headings: Blunt force trauma
Blunt force trauma
Blunt force trauma
Blunt trauma pathophysiology
Blunt trauma diagnosis
Blunt trauma treatment
Blunt head trauma
Blunt head trauma prevention
Blunt force trauma to the head signs and symptoms
Effects on consciousness
Blunt head trauma complications
Blunt head trauma complications include:
Blunt head trauma diagnosis
Blunt head trauma treatment
Treating mild traumatic brain injury
Treating severe traumatic brain injury
Other factors that influence recovery
Genes
Age
Blunt head trauma prognosis
Blunt cardiac injury
Table 1. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma – Cardiac Injury Scale
Blunt cardiac injury causes
Blunt cardiac injury symptoms
Blunt cardiac injury complications
Blunt cardiac injury diagnosis
Blunt cardiac injury treatment
Blunt cardiac injury prognosis
Blunt eye trauma
Blunt eye trauma key points
Eyelids injury
Eye injury
Hyphema (anterior chamber hemorrhage)
Blowout fracture
Orbital compartment syndrome

Content: however, deep contusions may not be visible on the skin surface for several days after the injury occurs. Examination of adjacent or underlying subcutaneous soft tissues may aid in distinguishing between contusion, in which there will be hemorrhage due to rupture of blood vessels, and lividity, a postmortem change in which blood is contained within blood vessels. Characteristics of fractures and associated soft tissue and/or skeletal muscle injuries may aid in establishing directionality of the impact causing the wound; for example, bumper impact to a pedestrian’s legs often results in comminuted fractures of the tibia and/or fibula with a triangular bone fragment pointing in the direction the vehicle was moving. The management of blunt force trauma patients is with an interprofessional team that includes a trauma surgeon, emergency department physician, nurse practitioner, anesthesiologist, internist, and specialty-trained emergency and trauma nurses. After the secondary survey is done by the team, other specialists can be consulted as appropriate. All over the U.S., hospitals now have protocols to manage blunt force trauma. The outcomes of these patients depend on their age, type of injury, other comorbidities, time to treatment and number of organs involved. While mortality rates have dropped over the past 3 decades, a significant number of trauma patients still die either at the scene or upon arrival to the trauma center. The clinicians should focus on completing the first and secondary survey and performing procedures.