Question

You are reviewing a skeleton with severe trauma to the left clavicle, left scapula, and left humerus. The skull is severely fragmented as well. You notice the clavicle is separated cleanly in half mid-diaphysis. Nearby, the anterior portion the scapula has a dramatic cleft that is straight margined on its left (lateral) margin and shows jagged fracture and wastage of bone on its right (medial) margin. It progresses a full inch and a half or more downward posteriorly. The Humerus has a deep lateral transverse incision with slight chipping, deeper in the posterior aspect than the anterior. The skull is highly fragmented and bears fractures radiating from straight margin sites of trauma. The causative wounds are medium in width (3.5 mm) but very long (one runs from the most superior aspect of the right parietal, through the entirety of the left parietal at a diagonal and exits the anterior/inferior left parietal with fragmentation/wastage there and a nearby notch on the superior left zygomatic. There are three blows to this side of the skull (left), the one described is clearly the largest. Its radiating fractures end in those of the others or in bone sutures of the vault creating large triangular or irregular fragments. These blows show some wastage, biased toward the anterior aspect of each, with no evidence of crushed margins, but instead coarse striations. Which two types of trauma are indicated? What does the nature of the wounds indicate might be a likely implement? What does the order of trauma indicate about the positioning of the perpetrator and victim in this context?

Answer 1

The type of trauma that are indicated are both complex and  chronic traumas.

What is trauma?

Trauma can be defined as the serious event that can negatively affect the emotional, physical and mental being of an individual.

From the excerpt given, the two types of trauma represented are:

• Chronic trauma: This is the type of trauma that is severe or very serious. Example is the fragmented skull and separation of the clavicle neatly in half mid-diaphysis.

• Complex trauma: This occurs when there is exposure to numerous events that causes trauma.

The nature of the wound indicates that the cause would be of direct force from blows.

The positioning of the perpetrator and the victim according to the order of the trauma is that both of them where involved in a fight.

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