HPRO 3351 Lecture Notes - Food Security, Hypothermia, The Need
17 Jan 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Nova scotia"s renewed injury prevention strategy article reading for next class (jan. Injury is the physical damage that results when a human body is suddenly or briefly subjected to intolerable levels of energy. The time between exposure to the energy and the appearance of an injury is short. Categorizing injury**on exam (know and have examples for each) Intent: etiology, place of occurrence, nature of injury, severity, by population groups. I. e. car moving fast, breaking quickly, and body is forced outside the windshield. External agent that delivers the energy or particular activities that precipitate the injury: motor vehicle crash, fall, poisoning, fire and burns, drowning, stab or cutting/piercing wound. In the home and institutions: on the road, air, sea, at work, at school, at the playground, sports. What actually happened to the injured person: brain and spinal cord injuries, fractures, sprains and strains. Going beyond the physical effects : emotional, physical, mental.
