influenza the flu is a disease that primarily affects people s airways and lungs it is caused by influenza viruses that easily spread from person to person each flu season several different flu viruses spreadflu can be very serious forinfants and children especially under 2 years of agepregnant women people with diabetes people with asthmat is caused by influenza viruses that easily spread from person to person each flu season several different flu viruses spread flu can be very serious for infants and children especially under 2 years of age pregnant women people with diabetes people with asthma
Traumatic injury is a term which refers to physical injuries of sudden onset and severity which require immediate medical attention. The insult may cause systemic shock called âshock traumaâ, and may require immediate resuscitation and interventions to save life and limb.
Traumatic brain injury is sudden physical damage to the brain. The damage may be caused by the head forcefully hitting an object such as the dashboard of a car (closed head injury) or by something passing through the skull and piercing the brain, as in a gunshot wound (penetrating head injury).