Chest Trauma Chest trauma is classified as either blunt or penetrating. 1. Blunt Chest Trauma I. Definition a. Blunt chest trauma results from sudden compression or positive pressure inflicted to the chest wall. Motor vehicle crashes (trauma due to steering wheel‚ seat belt)‚ falls‚ and bicycle crashes (trauma due to handle bars) are the most common causes of blunt chest trauma. II. Pathophysiology Injuries to the chest are often life-threatening and result in one or
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Although many activities and sports may be enjoyable‚ some may cause long-term consequences specifically to the brain. There have been several reports of brain trauma and head injuries due to certain sports‚ such as football. Research shows many individuals who have experienced the dangers of brain damage because of physical infliction during a game of football. The movie Concussion shows a forensic pathologist who discovers chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ or CTE‚ while performing an autopsy on
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Trauma refers to a delayed response to an event or multiple events that takes form after the experience has already occurred. It is a rather complicated disruption that interferes with one’s understanding of the capacity of trauma on a basic level. In fact‚ the postponement of the response to the event results in a limited understanding on a personal level. It can only be fully understood through the listening of others that were present when the event occurred. As a result‚ one is not able to interpret
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TRAUMA AND ABUSE COUNSELLING Case Study 1‚750 words Topic: Childhood Abuse A lady‚ Hannah‚ now in her fifties‚ has come to see you. The perpetrator was her father‚ who was highly influential in the church. She (as well as several sisters) was sexually and emotionally abused between the ages of 9 and 16. As a child Hannah made several attempts to disclose the abuse but was unable to feel heard or believed. Hannah has attempted to tell a school nurse‚ a school friend. She has also
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maybe causing trauma for Pip. Piofrowski states in her book‚ “Characterized by persistent difficulties that negatively affect on individual’s social interactions” (Piofrowksi 1). Pip while he was going home from the graveyard says‚ “I supposed that Joe Gargery and I were both brought up by hand” (Dickens 5). Having an abusive home life‚ would cause PTSD or any disorder but‚ having you as a child and the father figure as well getting abused too‚ could cause the person to have trauma watching someone
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Trauma of domestic violence is a risk factor for all women. “Domestic violence is the willful intimidation‚ physical assault‚ battery‚ sexual assault‚ and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another” (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence‚ n.d.). Women of all ages‚ socioeconomic status‚ sexual orientation‚ race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ and communities are at-risk of domestic violence. Women are significantly
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Historical Trauma BSHS/345 Diversity and Special Populations Professor Joseph Andrade Historical Trauma Historical trauma can be described as the emotional and psychological issues throughout generations of a certain group of people. It can be identified in different categories depending on the type of distress occurring. Historical trauma can often be overlooked‚ and is mostly described as multigenerational undergone by a specific cultural group. Historical trauma is cumulative and collective
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Trauma-Informed Practice in Addiction Treatment Xueqi Gao Suffolk University Trauma-Informed Practice in Addiction Treatment Currently I am working with clients with substance use disorders at an all men residential treatment program. I had developed my theoretical orientation from Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)‚ Aaron Beck’s Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)‚ and Carl Roger’s Client-Centered Therapy (CCT). Combining examining faulty thinking‚ distinguishing thoughts
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Diagnosis: Physical symptoms of liver trauma include blood loss‚ tenderness of the region‚ peritoneal irritation and its guarding. Haemodynamically stable patients with suspected live injury should be investigated for imaging studies. Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) is usually useful for both blunt and penetrating trauma. FAST has sensitivity from 75-94 % and specificity from 97-100 % for intra-abdominal fluid in trauma patients. FAST cannot distinguish between laceration and
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and protests often acting as physical spaces of cultural Black trauma and collective memory. Cultural Black trauma relies on the historical violence that has affected Black people in the United States‚ and how it impacts Black people when this violence is continuously acted upon. Cultural Black trauma acts as a site of mourning and healing for Black individuals. Though there are not many anthropological
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