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Arterial air embolism Air bubbles in the arterial blood vessels Blunt Trauma An impact on the body by objects that cause injury without penetrating soft tissues or internal organs and cavities Cavitation A phenomenon in which speed causes a bullet to generate pressure waves. Coup-contrecoup brain injury A brain injury that occurs when force is applied to the head and energy transmission through brain tissue causes injury on the opposite side of original impact Deceleration The slowing of an object Drag Resistance that slows a projectile, such as air Glasgow coma scale An evaluation tool used to determine level of consciousness Index of suspicion Awareness that unseen life threatening injuries may exist when determining the mechanism of injury Kinetic energy The energy of a moving object Mechanism of injury The forces or energy transmission applied of illnesses or conditions not caused by an outside force Medical emergencies Emergencies that require EMS attention applied to the body that cause injury Multisystem trauma Trauma that affects more than one body system Penetration trauma Injury caused by objects Potential energy The product of mass, gravity, and height Projectile Any object propelled by force Pulmonary blast injuries Pulmonary trauma resulting from short range exposure to the detonation of explosives Revised trauma score A scoring system used for patients with head trauma Trajectory The path a projectile takes once it is propelled Trauma emergencies Emergencies that are the result of physical forces applied to a patients body Trauma score A score that relates to the likelihood of patient survival with the exception of a severe head injury Tympanic membrane The eardrum Work The product of force times distance