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17 Cards in this Set
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Describe three collsisions associated with motor vehicle crashes
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Car vs Object, Person vs Inside of Car, Insides vs. Bones
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Newton's Third Law
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For every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction
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Newton's Second Law
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F=MA
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Newton's First Law
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An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
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Injuries are the leading cause of death among who?
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Children and Young Adults
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What is Kinematics?
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Introduces the basic physical concepts that dictate how injuries occur and affect the human body.
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On Gunshot Wounds how do you identify them?
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Just use the number of wounds. (Even Exit wounds count as wounds)
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Work
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Force acting over distance
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Kinetic Energy
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Energy of moving object
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Potential Energy
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Product of weight, gravity, and height
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Blunt Trauma
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Caused my a force to the body.
Injuries do not penetrate soft tissue or organs |
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Penetrating Trauma
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Caused by objects such as knives and bullets.
Injuries pierce the surface of the body |
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Mechanism of Injury (MOI)
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the way in which traumatic injuries occur.
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What do you check for on Frontal Collisions?
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Contact Points
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What is a common type of injury due to Rear-End Crashes?
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Whiplash
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What kind of crash is the highest incidence of death?
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Lateral Crash
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What is the most life-threatening injury from a car crash?
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Ejection due to a Roll-Over Crash
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