Trauma

Trauma (plurals: traumata, traumas) can refer to:

Etymology

From Greek τραῦμα = "a wound", compare verb τιτρώσκω (stem τρω-) = "I injure"

In psychology and medicine

• Trauma (medicine), an often serious and body-altering physical injury, such as the removal of a limb
  • Blast injury, a type of physical trauma caused by an explosion
  • Blunt trauma, a type of physical trauma caused by impact or other force applied from or with a blunt object
  • Penetrating trauma, a type of physical trauma in which the skin or tissues are pierced by an object
• Psychological trauma, an emotional or psychological injury, usually resulting from an extremely stressful or life-threatening situation
• Vicarious traumatization, transformation in the self of a trauma worker or helper that results from empathic engagement with traumatized clients and their reports of traumatic experiences.
• Geriatric trauma, trauma in the elderly
• Pediatric trauma, trauma in children
• Trauma center, a hospital equipped to provide comprehensive emergency medical services to patients suffering traumatic injuries
• Trauma surgery, a surgical specialty
• Trauma team, a group of healthcare workers who attend to seriously ill or injured casualties who arrive at a hospital emergency department

In media, popular culture, and entertainment

In comics

• Trauma (comics), a character associated with Avengers: The Initiative in the Marvel Universe

In film and television

• Trauma (1962 film), an American film directed by Robert M. Young
• Trauma (1993 film), a horror film directed by Dario Argento
• Trauma (2004 film), a psychological thriller directed by Marc Evans and starring Colin Firth
• Trauma (TV series), was a medical drama set in San Francisco
• Troma Entertainment, a film company specializing in independent, horror, and exploitation films

In games

• Trauma (video game), a 2011 graphic adventure game
• Trauma Center (series), a surgical based video game
• Trauma Studios, an American computer game development company

In music

• "Day Twelve: Trauma", a song by Ayreon on the album The Human Equation
• Trauma (album) by rapper/producer DJ Quik
• Trauma (band), an American heavy metal band
• Trauma (Polish band), a Polish death metal band
• "Trauma" (song) by Ayumi Hamasaki
• Trauma Records, a record label

In people

• Trauma (wrestler), American professional wrestler

In sports teams

• Baltimore Trauma, professional paintball team from North Carolina