Major Trauma
Current as of: June 26, 2019
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:William H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP – Emergency Medicine & Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine & Kathleen Romito, MD – Family Medicine
Major trauma is any event that can cause very serious injury, such as: A fall from more than 10 ft (3.1 m) [more than 5 ft (1.5 m) for children under 2 years and adults over 65]. A car crash in which any vehicle involved was going more than 20 miles (32 km) per hour. Any event that causes severe bleeding that you cannot…