Which of the following statements regarding traumatic injury is NOT true? The majority of suicides and homicides in the United States are done with firearms A contusion is the result of the rupture of blood vessels following impact with a blunt object or surface Blunt force trauma is most often the result of interpersonal violence Males are more likely than females to die of trauma at all ages
Which of the following statements regarding traumatic injury is NOT true? The majority of suicides and homicides in the United States are done with firearms A contusion is the result of the rupture of blood vessels following impact with a blunt object or surface Blunt force trauma is most often the result of interpersonal violence Males are more likely than females to die of trauma at all ages
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![Which of the following statements regarding traumatic injury is NOT true?
The majority of suicides and homicides in the United States are done with firearms
X A contusion is the result of the rupture of blood vessels following impact with a blunt object or surface
Blunt force trauma is most often the result of interpersonal violence
Males are more likely than females to die of trauma at all ages](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F9af6ce42-45e7-427b-9641-b72d93b4804d%2F57e6390e-0d1c-4763-ad06-5196199fb4f7%2F475wthq_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Which of the following statements regarding traumatic injury is NOT true?
The majority of suicides and homicides in the United States are done with firearms
X A contusion is the result of the rupture of blood vessels following impact with a blunt object or surface
Blunt force trauma is most often the result of interpersonal violence
Males are more likely than females to die of trauma at all ages
![Regarding head injuries, match each term with the phrase that best describes it
Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Traumatic Brain Injury
Concussion
Epidural Hematoma
Diffuse Axonal Injury
Subdural Hematoma
This is most often caused by bleeding from veins, making it
highly lethal and difficult to control
X
This is most often a non-traumatic injury that is the result of
a stroke
A common type of traumatic injury that is most often caused
by a fall
A situation in which arterial bleeding occurs between the
dura mater and the skull
A non-hemorrhagic injury marked by twisting of neuronal
components, leading to death of brain cells
A metabolic injury that results from a sudden increase in
glucose demand that coincides with a decrease in blood flow](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F9af6ce42-45e7-427b-9641-b72d93b4804d%2F57e6390e-0d1c-4763-ad06-5196199fb4f7%2Fekkc0sq_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Regarding head injuries, match each term with the phrase that best describes it
Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Traumatic Brain Injury
Concussion
Epidural Hematoma
Diffuse Axonal Injury
Subdural Hematoma
This is most often caused by bleeding from veins, making it
highly lethal and difficult to control
X
This is most often a non-traumatic injury that is the result of
a stroke
A common type of traumatic injury that is most often caused
by a fall
A situation in which arterial bleeding occurs between the
dura mater and the skull
A non-hemorrhagic injury marked by twisting of neuronal
components, leading to death of brain cells
A metabolic injury that results from a sudden increase in
glucose demand that coincides with a decrease in blood flow
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