Definition 0f trauma a term derived from the Greek for “wound”

DEFINITION 0F TRAUMA

• A term derived from the Greek for “WOUND”

• It refers to any bodily injury.

• It defined as tissue injury due to direct effects of externally applied energy. Energy may be mechanical, thermal, electrical, electromagnatic or nuclear.

• Included:burns, drowning, smoke, inhalation,

• slip & fall.

• Excluded: poisoning/toxic ingestion.