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Blunt Trauma
(redirected from Blunt force trauma)

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Blunt Trauma
Any injury sustained from blunt force, which may be related to MVAs/RTAs, or mishaps, falls or jumps, blows or crush injuries from animals, blunt objects or unarmed assailants

blunt trauma
Molecular Any injury sustained from blunt force, which may be related to MVAs, or mishaps, falls or jumps, blows or crush injuries from animals, blunt objects or unarmed assailants. Cf Penetrating trauma.


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Eight people who were found dead in a Georgia trailer park last month were killed by blunt force trauma, local police said Tuesday.
Health director-general Dr Ismail Merican had said the deceased was found to have an underlying acute myocarditis (inflammation of heart muscle) and the blunt force trauma could have led to acute renal failure.
The examination, carried out yesterday afternoon, concluded Christopher McBride died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head, police said.
 
 
 
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