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Module 2: The Biomechanics of Trauma

Segment 7: Solid & Hollow Structures

Websites

The Lungs
A web page with information on the lungs. (Wikipedia)
The Heart
A web page with information on the heart. (Wikipedia)
The Brain
A web page with information on the brain. (Wikipedia)
The Aorta
A web page with information on the aorta. (Wikipedia)

Guidelines

Management of Blunt Force Bladder Injuries
A 2019 clinical practice guideline from EAST on the management of blunt force bladder injuries. (Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (USA))

Videos

Body Cavities and Membranes
A nurse presents a video on body cavities and membranes. (RegisteredNurseRN)
Abdominal Quadrants
A video presented by a nurse identifying the abdominal quadrants and their structures. (RegisteredNurseRN)
Urotrauma Guidelines
A 2019 lecture: Urotrauma Guidelines in Theory and Practice (Arizona Trauma Association)
WHO Mortality Database

A searchable database for global mortality statistics. (World Health Organization)

Injuries and violence

The incidence and impact of intentional and unintentional injuries across the age spectrum. (World Health Organization)

Provincial Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Report Card

Links to a variety of statistics related to the care of patients with traumatic brain injury in the Canadian Provinces. (Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation)