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major trauma

major trauma is any event that can cause very serious injury, such as:

  • a fall from more than 3.1 m (10 ft)[more than 1.5 m (5 ft) for children under 2 years and adults over 65].
  • a car crash in which any vehicle involved was going more than 32 km (20 miles) per hour.
  • any event that causes severe bleeding that you cannot control.
  • any event forceful enough to badly break a large bone (like an arm bone or leg bone).

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