Injury

Injury
The knee of a person is examined with the help of radiography after an injury.
Classification and external resources
ICD-10	S00-T88
ICD-9-CM	800-999
Patient UK	Injury
MeSH	D014947

Injury is damage to the body. This maybe caused by accidents, falls, hits, weapons, and other causes.

Major trauma is injury that has the potential to cause prolonged disability or death.

In 2013 4.8 million people died from injuries up from 4.3 million in 1990. More than 30% of these deaths were transport related injuries. In 2013 367,000 children less than five died from injuries down from 766,000 in 1990. Injuries are the cause of 9% of all death and are the sixth leading cause of death in the world.

Classification

The World Health Organization (WHO) developed the International Classification of External Causes of Injury (ICECI). Under this system, injuries are classified by

• mechanism of injury,
• objects/substances producing injury,
• place of occurrence,
• activity when injured,
• the role of human intent,

and additional modules. These codes allow the identification of distributions of injuries in specific populations and case identification for more detailed research on causes and preventive efforts.

The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics developed the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Under this system injuries are classified by

• nature,
• part of body affected,
• source and secondary source, and
• event or exposure.

The OIICS was first published in 1992 and has been updated several times since.

The Orchard Sports Injury Classification System (OSICS) is used to classify injuries to enable research into specific sports injuries.

By cause

• Intentional injury
  • Suicide and self-harm
  • Violence and war
• Accidents
  • Stingray injury
  • Lightning injuries

By modality

• Traumatic injury, a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical collision or movement
  • Avulsion injury
  • Blast injury
  • Internal bleeding
  • Crush injury
  • Needlestick injury
  • Catastrophic injury
• Repetitive strain injury or other strain injury
• Other injuries from external physical causes, such as radiation poisoning, burn, or frostbite
  • Radiation-induced lung injury
  • Microwave burn
• Injury from toxin or as adverse effect of a pharmaceutical drug (e.g., vaccine injury)
  • Toxic injury
• Injury from internal causes such as reperfusion injury

By location

• Wound, an injury in which skin is torn, cut or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin.
• Brain injury
  • Acquired brain injury
  • Coup contrecoup injury
  • Diffuse axonal injury
  • Frontal lobe injury
• Nerve injury
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Brachial plexus injury
  • Peripheral nerve injury
  • Sciatic nerve injury
  • Injury of axillary nerve
• Soft tissue injury
• Cell damage, including direct DNA damage
• Lisfranc injury
• Tracheobronchial injury
• Eye injury
  • Chemical eye injury
  • Eye injuries during general anaesthesia
• Acute kidney injury
• Knee injury
  • Anterior cruciate ligament injury
  • Medial knee injuries
• Back injury
• Hand injury
• Liver injury
• Head injury
  • Penetrating head injury
  • Closed head injury
• Musculoskeletal injury
  • Articular cartilage injuries
• Acute lung injury
• Pancreatic injury
• Thoracic aorta injury
• Biliary injury
• Chest injury

By activity

• Sports injury
  • Reverse bite injury
  • Lead climbing injuries
• Occupational injury
  • Grease gun injury
• Ventilator-associated lung injury
• Sea urchin injury
• Transfusion-related acute lung injury
• Illness and injuries during spaceflight

See also

• List of causes of death by rate