Wilkinson, an eternal optimist despite his catalogue of injury trauma, said earlier this month that he hoped he might recover in time to figure in the championship.

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Almost a thousand pounds' worth of damage was done, not including any claims for injury or psychological trauma.

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"At the start of each day, we have no idea how many times the air ambulance might be called out to serious trauma injury or medical cases like this one in Penzance".

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In complex cases where the diagnosis is unclear or there is a suspicion of coexisting conditions, especially if there is a history of head injury or other brain trauma, a SPECT scan can help.

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Among these free resources are a series of general information sheets on specific types of blast injury developed together with the American Trauma Society.

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Alcohol plays a role in 40 percent of car fatal crashes, and half of the patients hospitalized for trauma are intoxicated at the time of injury.

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In the spring of 1995, the Trauma Foundation, a nonprofit based at San Francisco General Hospital published an issue of its Injury Prevention Network Newsletter, partly funded by the CDC, that suggested actions that could be taken by those concerned with gun violence.

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The injury itself, which you can see in the image above, is definitely a localized, blunt force trauma.

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These injuries involve blunt trauma, bruising and compression of the spinal cord and are the most common form of human spinal cord injury.

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