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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Emergency Care: Trauma and Shock

Question 2 • Introduction to Health Science - EL3601 B

A child falls off her bike and scrapes her hands and knees on the pavement. Bits of broken glass are stuck in her hands, and both of her knees are bruised. She is crying and shaken. Which type(s) of trauma has she experienced?

Answer
A
blunt trauma
B
penetrating trauma
C
emotional trauma
D
all of the above

Explanation

The bruises on her knees are blunt trauma, caused by impact with the pavement. The glass stuck in her hands is penetrating trauma because it has broken through the skin. Being shaken and distressed after the fall is emotional trauma, so the best answer is all of the above.

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