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• n  any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
• n  an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

• A history of trauma is common in poor, urban populations, and the researchers found that 80% of the subjects had been exposed to trauma, with the great majority exposed to multiple .
• Nor would it protect a soldier from the psychological trauma associated with surviving a blast.
• Trauma Therapy "Healing Hands" described the efforts by trauma counselors to confront the shock and grief caused by the tsunami April 4.

• injury
• hurt
• harm
• psychic trauma

News & Articles

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• Coroner: Blunt force trauma killed Kathy Jemiolo
  La PORTE - Kathy Jemiolo died of blunt force and sharp force trauma, according to La Porte County Coroner John Sullivan.
  June 26, 2013 - The Michigan City News-Dispatch
• Fryou recalls trauma of hurricanes
  It could be said that the trauma of Hurricane Carla after it decimated most of Port O’Connor was summed up with one image, that of Joy Evans Fryou as she sat amidst the rubble of her father’s hardware
  June 25, 2013 - The Port Lavaca Wave
• New trauma status lets Trinity do more
  Trinity Hospital of Augusta was recently designated a Level III trauma center, which officials said should allow it to help shoulder more of the trauma load in Augusta.
  June 24, 2013 - The Augusta Chronicle

Quotes

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• Judd Gregg in Independent
  This is the bottom line: If we do not do this, the trauma, the chaos and the disruption to everyday Americans' lives will be overwhelming, and that's a price we can't afford to risk paying,Sen. Judd Gregg, the chief Senate Republican in the...
• Robert Green in eTaiwan News
  That is what you prepare for mentally. You don't prepare mentally for making great saves and playing the perfect game. You prepare for trauma,Green was quoted as saying. "It is regrettable and not what you want to happen, but that's life...
• Roger Goodell in New York Times
  We obviously are very interested in the center's research on the long-term effects of head trauma in athletes,Commissioner Roger Goodell said. "It is our hope this research will lead to a better understanding of these effects and also to...