injury
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
Research draft, second pass
A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.
written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify
Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent explain injury as a category, relay classification, epidemiology, first aid and prevention from public health and medical sources in general terms, route people with serious injuries to emergency services first, and distinguish physical injury from illness, from legal injury and from the figurative senses of hurt and harm.
Any physical damage to the body caused by violence, accident, fracture or similar events, and the condition of being harmed, covering wounds, fractures, burns, brain damage and other trauma, with the WordNet sense also listing figurative and religious uses such as hurt, harm and stigmata; injuries are a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, and serious injuries need emergency care.
What it is for: Not applicable; a category of bodily harm.
It can be route emergencies first; explain kinds and classification; relay first aid and prevention; distinguish related senses.
Distinguishing features
External cause
Acute onset
Preventable
Emergency priority
What it looks like
Wounds, bruises, swelling, deformity or no visible sign.
Physical character
injury deaths worldwide: about 4.4 million per year - WHO
share of deaths: about 8 percent
leading causes: road traffic, falls, drowning, violence, self-harm list
How it is recognised
Physical damage to the body
Wounds, fractures, burns, brain damage, trauma
Illness is disease; legal injury is a wrong; hurt and harm can be figurative; stigmata is a religious term
Related models
is a kind of - in general terms
is treated in - when serious
is classified by - by mechanism
is contrasted with - which is not caused by external force
In practice
Families and kinds
wounds and lacerations
fractures and musculoskeletal injuries
burns
head and brain injuries
internal and spinal injuries
unintentional injuries such as road traffic and falls
intentional injuries from violence and self-harm
Identifiers
WordNet oewn-14075528-n any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident
ICD-10 S00-T98 injury, poisoning and external causes
Standards and regulation
WHO injury prevention frameworks
Occupational and road safety laws
First aid training standards
Failure modes and hazards
Delayed emergency care
Agents giving personal medical advice instead of routing
Confusing senses of injury
Analytical facets
- substance
- abstract
- origin
- conceptual
- agency
- inert
- mobility
- not-applicable
- scale
- not-applicable
- affordances
- observable
Also called
+81
Where this came from
oewn:2024 · CC BY 4.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Emergency Serious injury.
Clinical.
Act
Act now.
Act
Act.
- Does the user describe a serious injury such as heavy bleeding, head injury, unconsciousness or suspected fracture that needs emergency services immediately? boundary
- Has the agent directed the user to emergency services before anything else? action
First aid
First aid.
First aid
First aid.
- What first aid do authorities recommend for bleeding, burns and fractures while help arrives? action
- Which entry fits first aid? action
Understand What injury is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What counts as an injury, and how do wounds, fractures, burns and brain injuries differ? definition
- Is the question about physical injury, legal injury or a figurative sense? boundary
Classification
Classification.
Classification
Classification.
- How are injuries classified by mechanism, intent and severity? definition
- Which entry fits the specific injury? action
Prevent Epidemiology and prevention.
Application.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology.
- What are the leading causes of injury death and disability, as WHO reports? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Prevention
Prevention.
Prevention
Prevention.
- How are injuries prevented through road safety, workplace safety and home measures? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Care and other senses.
Context.
Care
Trauma care.
Care
Care.
- How are injuries treated and rehabilitated, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits trauma surgery? action
Senses
Other senses.
Senses
Senses.
- What are legal injury, psychological hurt and stigmata, and where are they covered? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific sense? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should traumatic brain injury and wound be the primary linked entries?
- How should public health sources be linked?
- The WordNet aliases include figurative and religious terms; should they be split off?