Trauma

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Contents 1 Psychological and medical 2 In comics 3 Film and television 4 Games 5 Music 6 People 7 Sports team 8 Etymology 9 References

Trauma (plurals: traumata, traumas) can represent:

[edit] Psychological and medical

• Physical trauma, an often serious and body-altering physical injury, such as the removal of a limb
  • Blunt force 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
• Post-cult trauma, the intense emotional problems that some members of cults and new religious movements experience upon disaffection and disaffiliation
• ATACC (Advanced Trauma And Critical Care)
• Advanced Trauma Life Support
• Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills (DSTS)

[edit] In comics

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

[edit] Film and television

• Trauma (2004 film), a psychological thriller directed by Marc Evans and starring Colin Firth
• Trauma (1993 film), a horror film directed by Dario Argento
• Trauma (TV series), an upcoming medical drama set in San Francisco
• Also see Troma Entertainment, a film company specializing in independent, horror, and exploitation films

[edit] Games

• Trauma Studios, which created Desert Combat, the most successful mod of the computer game Battlefield 1942
• Trauma Center (series), a surgical based video game.

[edit] Music

• Day Twelve: Trauma (song), by Ayreon
• Trauma (song) by Ayumi Hamasaki
• Trauma (album) by rapper/producer DJ Quik
• Trauma Records, a record label
• Trauma (band), a Polish Deathmetal band
• Trauma (band), an American Heavy-metal band

[edit] People

• Trauma Flintstone, drag performer and actress

[edit] Sports team

• Baltimore Trauma, professional paintball team from North Carolina

[edit] Etymology

The word "trauma" came from Greek τραυμα = "a wound": compare the verb τιτρωσκω (root τρω) = "I injure".

[edit] References

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