what is birth trauma?
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Overview Overview. Injuries to the infant that result from mechanical forces (ie, compression, traction) during the birth process are categorized as birth trauma. Factors responsible for mechanical injury may coexist with hypoxic-ischemic insult; one may predispose the infant to the other.
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Traumatic event A traumatic event is an event that is or may be a cause of trauma. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Traumatic event. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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Overview Shaken baby syndrome destroys a child's brain cells and prevents his or her brain from getting enough oxygen. Shaken baby syndrome is a form of child abuse that can result in permanent brain damage or death. Shaken baby syndrome is preventable. Help is available for parents who are at risk of harming a child. Parents also can educate other caregivers about the dangers of shaken baby syndrome. 1  Symptoms.
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- Childhood trauma can have a devastating impact, profoundly altering physical, emotional, cognitive and social development. Ultimately we all pay the price exacted by childhood trauma, whether we are dealing with individual children or large numbers of scarred adults assuming their places in society.art of what happens in childhood trauma is that we instinctively do whatever we need to do to push away from the pain that is being inflicted on our developing sense of self. Behavioral geneticists in Switzerland report that painful experiences early in life can alter the brain in lasting ways.
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Update for Mental Health Professionals Many children are exposed to traumatic life events. A significant number of children in American society are exposed to traumatic life events. A traumatic event is one that threatens injury, death, or the physical integrity of self or others and also causes horror, terror, or helplessness at the time it occurs.hildren and adolescents vary in the nature of their responses to traumatic experiences. The reactions of individual youths may be influenced by their developmental level, ethnicity/cultural factors, previous trauma exposure, available resources, and preexisting child and family problems.
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What is Acquired Brain Injury? An acquired brain injury is defined as: Damage to the brain, which occurs after birth and is not related to a congenital or a degenerative disease. These impairments may be temporary or permanent and cause partial or functional disability or psychosocial maladjustment.
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Psychological trauma Psychological trauma is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event. Trauma is often the result of an overwhelming amount of stress that exceeds one's ability to cope or integrate the emotions involved with that experience.
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What is a Birth Injury? 1 Brachial plexus injury (also known as Erb’s Palsy) is a paralysis or weakness of the arm caused by stretching of the nerves around the shoulder during birth. 2  This damage can be caused by excessive pulling on the arm during birth or by pressure on by raised shoulders during a breech delivery.
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- Trauma Wound Basics. A trauma wound is a severe break or injury in the soft tissue of the skin. Trauma wounds may include abrasions, lacerations, crush wounds, penetration and puncture wounds. Trauma wounds can be injuries resulting from accidents or acts of violence and can worsen and become infected quickly if not treated appropriately.
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What is a Trauma Center? What is trauma? In the case of a trauma center, trauma refers to a serious or critical bodily injury. The most common causes of injury that bring patients to a trauma center are falls and motor vehicle crashes. These events cause life-threatening trauma in multiple areas of the body.
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Penetrating trauma Penetrating trauma. Penetrating trauma is an injury that occurs when an object pierces the skin and enters a tissue of the body, creating an open wound. In blunt, or non-penetrating trauma, there may be an impact, but the skin is not necessarily broken.
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- The word “trauma” is used to describe experiences or situations that are emotionally painful and distressing, and that overwhelm people’s ability to cope, leaving them powerless. Trauma has sometimes been defined in reference to circumstances that are outside the realm of normal human experience. Unfortunately, this definition doesn’t always hold true.
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- The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study is an epidemiological study that analyzed over 17,000 adults and the rela-tionship between traumatic stress in child-hood and the leading causes of morbidity, mortality and disability.
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Shaken Baby Syndrome Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is a severe form of physical child abuse. SBS may be caused from vigorously shaking an infant by the shoulders, arms, or legs. The whiplash effect can cause intracranial (within the brain) or intraocular (within the eyes) bleeding. Often there is no obvious external head trauma.
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Beyond The Basics: Trauma During Pregnancy Trauma occurs in approximately 6%–7% of all pregnancies and is the leading cause of death for pregnant women. The morbidity and mortality associated with these patients depends on the mechanism of injury, gestational age of the fetus and severity of the trauma.
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Child Health ExplanationStriving for a Happy Childhood, The Happiness of Every HomeWelcome Growth & Development Nurturing Parenting Common Concerns Disorders Health Menace Bookshelf Forums Interests Site Info Newborn health is ruffled for days after the ordeal of child birth process. The mechanical strain and stress experienced by the neonates leaves them almost in a state of shock. Passage through birth canal is known to be the most dangerous journey of life.
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What Is Trauma? Trauma is a medical term for a class of very serious and sometimes life-threatening injuries that include amputations; penetrating injuries to the head, neck or torso (i.e. gunshot or knife wounds); blunt injuries to the head, neck or torso (most often associated with motor vehicle crashes); ejection from a moving vehicle; certain vehicle accidents ...
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Rape trauma syndrome Rape trauma syndrome (RTS) is the psychological trauma experienced by a rape victim that includes disruptions to normal physical, emotional, cognitive, and interpersonal behavior.ape trauma syndrome (RTS) is the psychological trauma experienced by a rape victim that includes disruptions to normal physical, emotional, cognitive, and interpersonal behavior.
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Traumatic brain injury tbi is one of two subsets of acquired brain injury brain damage that occur after birth the other subset is non traumatic brain injury which does not involve external mechanical force examples include stroke and infection
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Trauma center A trauma center (or trauma centre) is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds.
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The Lingering Trauma of Child Abuse The AHA defines physical child abuse as non-accidental trauma or physical injury caused by punching, beating, kicking, biting, burning or otherwise harming a child.3 However, it can be challenging to draw the line between physical discipline and child abuse.
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Pregnancy Trauma Causes of traumatic injuries in pregnancy are similar to those in the general population; blunt injury trauma is the most common cause. Motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) account for 49% of injuries. Falls account for 25% of injuries (may be related to physiologic changes that result in loss of balance).
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Abusive head trauma (AHT) is an injury to a child's brain as a result of child abuse. Abusive head trauma (AHT) is the leading cause of death in child abuse cases in the United States. AHT results from injuries caused by someone vigorously shaking an infant.
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- Trauma trigger. Triggered redirects here. For other uses, see Trigger. A trauma trigger is an experience that causes someone to recall a previous traumatic memory, although the trigger itself need not be frightening or traumatic and can be indirectly or superficially reminiscent of an earlier traumatic incident.
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- Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), also known as cot death or crib death, is the sudden unexplained death of a child less than one year of age. It requires that the death remains unexplained even after a thorough autopsy and detailed death scene investigation. SIDS usually occurs during sleep.
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Shaken baby syndrome What is abusive head trauma – and how is it different from shaken baby syndrome? Abusive head trauma (AHT) and shaken baby syndrome usually refer to the same thing. When a parent or other caregiver shakes and injures a child, it's sometimes called shaken baby syndrome. Shaking a baby is the most common form of AHT. It occurs most frequently in babies younger than 1 – typically when an adult is overwhelmed by a crying baby and tries to get him to stop.