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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Trauma C-map by Kristen, Melonie, Emily, Fractures has boxers fracture, Depressed fractures appear as curved and fractured edges overlapp, Level III are usually for Remote areas, Trauma has different Trauma Centers, Skeletal Trauma has dislocations, one of the 1st imaging modalities required in trauma patients eg XTL Cspine, CXR, pelvis, abdominal x-rays, Trauma of the Vertebral Column and Head, coup lesion when contusion formed on side of the head, contrecoupe lesion when contusion formed on oppiosite side of head of where trauma occurs, open fractures when bone penetrates the skin, CT has 99% specificity of imaging C-spine compared to 52% from Radiography, Coma when loss of consciousness for more than 24 hrs, direct trauma and hyperflexion injuries (whiplash) may be seen on x-ray as continuous lines formed by vertebrae stacking on top of each other, Trauma has Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease, free air in peritoneal cavity called pneumoperitoneum, Jefferson's Fracture fracture of C1 (atlas), Hematomas of the Brain best seen with CT scans, Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease a form of Avascular Necrosis, Skull and Brain has Cerebral Cranial Fractures, comminuted fracture when one or more fragments separate along the major fragment in addition to the major line of the fracture