Body Trauma
Writers need to research in order to make their stories realistic. Contains graphic explorations of serious bodily damage and how to work backward, deciding how severe a character's wounds should be and then writing the action that causes the pain. The four steps in trauma care Details of skull and brain injuries What the Glasgow Coma Scale is, and why it's important Specifics of penetrating and blunt neck injuries The "dirty dozen" dreadful-but survivable-chest injuries What blunt trauma, blades and bullets do to abdominal organs Effects of injuries to arms and legs, hands and feet The facts about bites and stings What happens in impalement injuries The truths of abuse of elders, women and children. How organ donation works New trauma surgery techniques Persistent vegetative state Transplant ethics Torture and power Terrorism and mass casualties Shock states