A traumatic injury is defined as "an injury or wound to a living body caused by the application of external force or violence,"1 and includes injuries incurred in vehicular accidents, machinery, falls, sports, and other injuries caused by something outside a person’s body.

• 1. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/ti/  Accessed June 3, 2014.