Trauma is that the injuries suffered when an individual experiences a blunt force or a penetrating injury. You will also hear trauma named as “major trauma.” Many trauma patients are the victims of car crashes, stabbings, and gunshot wounds. Trauma may also be caused by falls, crush type injuries, and pedestrians being struck by a car.
Traumatic injuries can affect internal organs, bones, the brain, and therefore the other soft tissues of the body. No area of the body is resistant to trauma, but trauma can range from minor (hitting your finger with a hammer) to major (being hit by a car traveling at a high rate of speed or fall off of a building).