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===Traumatic=== The most common cause of death in trauma is [[bleeding]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Teixeira |first1=Pedro G. R. |last2=Inaba |first2=Kenji |last3=Hadjizacharia |first3=Pantelis |last4=Brown |first4=Carlos |last5=Salim |first5=Ali |last6=Rhee |first6=Peter |last7=Browder |first7=Timothy |last8=Noguchi |first8=Thomas T. |last9=Demetriades |first9=Demetrios |title=Preventable or Potentially Preventable Mortality at a Mature Trauma Center |journal=The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care |date=December 2007 |volume=63 |issue=6 |pages=1338β46; discussion 1346β7 |doi=10.1097/TA.0b013e31815078ae|pmid=18212658 }}</ref> Death from trauma accounts for 1.5 million of the 1.9 million deaths per year due to bleeding.<ref name=":3" /> There are two types of trauma: [[penetrating trauma]] and [[blunt trauma]].<ref name=":1" /> * '''Penetrating trauma''' is the most common cause of vascular injury and can result in internal bleeding. It can occur after a [[Ballistic trauma|ballistic]] injury or [[stab wound]]. If [[penetrating trauma]] occurs in blood vessels close to the heart, it can quickly lead to hemorrhagic or [[hypovolemic shock]], [[exsanguination]], and [[death]].<ref name=":1" /> * '''Blunt trauma''' is another cause of vascular injury that can result in internal bleeding. It can occur after a high speed [[acceleration|deceleration]] in an [[automobile accident]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal | doi=10.1016/j.mporth.2009.12.003| title=(i) Initial resuscitation of the trauma victim| journal=Orthopaedics and Trauma| volume=24| pages=1β8| year=2010| last1=Duncan| first1=Nicholas S.| last2=Moran| first2=Chris}}</ref>
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