Medical Trauma Case Study

On Saturday, August 22, 2015, at approximately 1220 hours Blue Ridge Parkway Communication Center notified me of a motor vehicle collision with injuries located in Virginia at milepost 180 along the Blue Ridge Parkway. A single motor cycle operator had applied brakes, skidded and laid the motorcycle down in an effort to avoid colliding into a truck. The operator was transported by ambulance to Northern Hospital of Surry County, NC. The operator suffered a broken left humerus, broken left rib, punctured left lung and possible spleen damage. The operator was then transported to the Baptist Trauma Center in Winston Salem, NC.

Children have multiple or prolonged exposure to trauma, experience various symptoms and reactions, and long for progressive techniques to heal their pain.

What is the impact of historical trauma on a particular client population? How can Trauma Informed principals be used to reduce the impact of historical trauma on specific clients?

I talked to his wife on the phone and asked her if she knows what happened to Juan because when his Foreman found him Juan was unconscious and told me that when she spoke to Juan told her that he was going up the stairs and began to feel dizzy he lost his balance and hit the head with block wall. My question is that the specific injury qualifies as work

According to Merriam-Webster, trauma is defined as a serious injury or wound to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent; a very difficult or unpleasant experience that causes a person to have mental or emotional disturbances, usually for an extended period of time. There are many types of trauma that can affect a child’s development, specifically neural development.

Background: A female collegiate softball pitcher complained of severe pain in her right elbow & sensory changes in her forearm & hand after throwing a curve ball during a pre-game warm-up. The ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) was found to be tender to palpation, as were the medial epicondyle & cubital tunnel over the ulnar nerve. Grip strength was decreased when compared bilaterally, & sensory deficits were noted as far distal as the 4th & 5th digits. Athlete did not report hearing or feeling any unusual sounds or sensations, & did not report any previous injuries to her elbow. Differential Diagnoses: UCL sprain, thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS), pronator teres strain, compression neuropathy, & cubital tunnel syndrome. Treatment: Musculoskeletal

Introduction: The prevalence of marijuana abuse and dependence has been increasing among adults and adolescents trauma patients in the United States. Several studies have demonstrated effects of marijuana on the outcomes of diseases. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the presence of a positive toxicology screen for marijuana and mortality in trauma patients.

Full title: The confusion continues: results from an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) survey on massive transfusion practices among United States trauma centers.

Your introduction is very engaging and emphasizes the important role of communication after experiencing trauma. I believe your topic is very relatable because there is a sense of denial, seclusion, and dissociation that correlates with trauma and loss that many of us have experienced. Open communication within a family unit provides opportunities to express thoughts and feelings and develop appropriate coping strategies (Zambianchi & Bitti, 2014). In your intro you stated, "The impact childhood trauma has on our society and on children." As a suggestion, maybe you could expand on this statement or state specific impacts childhood trauma has on our society or on children. I love your examples of evidenced based interventions and how

Receiving blunt trauma to the head is a very a dangerous situation and can often lead to critical conditions and death. This essay will be taking an in depth look at a patient who has received trauma and their possible outcome. Utilizing knowledge of mechanisms and patterns of injury, vital signs and patient presentation, a diagnosis of the patient’s condition will be made. Once diagnosed, the pathophysiology of the condition will be explained and also possible injuries from this condition will be explored.

Children experience injury more frequently than any other age group (Cline, Wilson, & Prout, 2011). In addition to injuries, it is not uncommon for children to also experience abuse. Some children will adjust to these stressors: yet, the initial adversity will become more significant for others, which can lead to PTSD or Acute Stress Disorder (ASD). According to Ray (2014) 3% to 15% of girls and 1% to 6% of boys have a PTSD diagnosis.

There are many types of trauma that can effect an adolescent and without the proper treatment of the traumatic event the adolescent can have difficulty adapting and developing into adulthood. Kathleen J. Moroz, of the Vermont Agency of Human Services, defines trauma as a physical or psychological threat or assault to a child’s physical integrity, sense of self, safety of survival or to the physical safety of another person significant to the child. She goes on to list the types of trauma a child may be exposed to. Abuse of every kind, domestic violence, natural disasters, abandonment, serious illness or an accident are just a few traumatic events that can effect the development of a child. (2) When these events occur as an acute event

Trauma occurs when a child has experienced an event that threatens or causes harm to her emotional and physical well-being. Events can include war, terrorism, natural disasters, but the most common and harmful to a child’s psychosocial well-being are those such as domestic violence, neglect, physical and sexual abuse, maltreatment, and witnessing a traumatic event. While some children may experience a traumatic event and go on to develop normally, many children have long lasting implications into adulthood.

It is shocking for me to see the statistics about trauma for young children. According to the article, Understanding Early Childhood Mental Health, it states that an estimated 44, 512 children younger than 3 years were exposed to trauma sometime during 2009 and this represents 33.4% of all children who were exposed to trauma during that year. This numbers are higher than I expected. This case of trauma to children will have a huge impact to children’s learning as they will have some symptoms of trauma, such as sleep problems, eating problems, stress, regression and aggressive outburn as the PowerPoint mentions. Their education will be affected as they do not have that energy to go to school and be consistent in their studies.

Trauma can also be associated with frightful events, the feeling of shame or experiencing physical pain.