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Multiple trauma means more than two traumatic injuries, which are conditions in which a person has significant damage to any parts of his body. Examples of multiple trauma include gunshot wounds, knife wounds, severed limbs, crushed organs, multiple fractures, big open wounds, etc

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33 years experience

How long it usually lasts:

Medium-term (lasts weeks to months)

How common it is:

Common

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