Explore: Direct Injuries

A blast injury is a complex type of physical trauma resulting from direct or indirect exposure to an explosion. Blast injuries occur with the detonation

high risk for direct injury to the lungs, heart, and major vessels. Important notes for the initial workup specific for chest injuries are as follows

Contact injury occurs when the person is touching the object that is hit. Direct strikes make up about 5% of injuries. The mechanism of the injuries may include

regarded as direct injury of one's own skin tissues, usually without suicidal intention. Other terms such as cutting, self-abuse, self-injury, and self-mutilation

into the types of injuries, risk factors and prevention and the overall impact that injuries have on athletes. The type of sports injury suffered varies

direct injuries or indirect injuries. Direct injuries are due to impact with the cricket ball, bat, or ground. Indirect injuries occur mostly due to repetitive

of "Head Injuries" the hand is incorrectly facing up, turned 90 degrees). The album was certified platinum in Australia in 2014. Head Injuries is the second

mechanism of injury. The priority in assessing blunt trauma in sports injuries is separating contusions and musculo-tendinous injuries from injuries to solid

An electrical injury (electric injury) or electrical shock (electric shock) is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with an

times are often shorter than for equivalent injuries at emergency departments. In 1994, a minor injuries unit opened at the Western General Hospital in