What happens if you hit someone on the head with a baseball bat?

A hard blow to the head can shake your brain inside the skull. The result: bruises, broken blood vessels, or nerve damage to the brain. A hard hit that doesn’t cause bleeding or an opening in your skull could be a closed brain injury.

What happens to the body during blunt force trauma?

Blunt force trauma can often lead to bruising and blood clots. Bruising occurs when the blood vessels on the surface of the soft tissue of skin are broken, typically resulting in a temporary discoloration of the skin.

What type of injury most often results from blunt force trauma?

While TBIs are most commonly associated with blunt force head trauma, several other areas can be affected. These include damage to the skull, eyes, face, and neck. Contusions are injuries similar to bruises that can happen to soft tissue areas like the nose and jaw.

What is a blunt force trauma?

Definitions. Blunt force trauma: Injuries resulting from an impact with a dull, firm surface or object. Individual injuries may be patterned (eg ,characteristics of the wound suggest a particular type of blunt object) or nonspecific.

What happens if bat hits on face?

If you are bitten by a bat — or if infectious material (such as saliva or brain material if it is killed) from a bat gets into your eyes, nose, mouth, or a wound — wash the affected area thoroughly with soap and water and get medical advice immediately.

Does blunt force trauma to the head hurt?

Blunt Force: When the head is impacted by a force that does not include penetration, you have blunt force head trauma. Pressure: A blast injury can cause a pressure differential that damages the head and brain. The pressure can rupture eardrums, tear blood vessels, and cause the brain to swell.

Can blunt force trauma cause bleeding?

Blunt trauma may result in internal or external hemorrhage depending on location and mechanism. Recent contusions are typically red/purple and go through a series of color changes as they heal.

Is blunt trauma painful?

The most common symptom of blunt force trauma is pain. Other symptoms of blunt force trauma include: Swelling. Redness.

What is blunt force impact?

Blunt impact injuries result from direct contact of a blunt object with a body. A contusion results from the blunt impact of significant force to rupture capillaries underneath the skin surface while leaving the skin surface intact, while an abrasion results from scraping off of the superficial epidermis.

Can you get a blood clot from blunt force trauma?

When a blood vessel is damaged due to broken bones, blunt force trauma, severe bruises or significant muscle injuries, the blood around the vessel can become sticky and form a clot. These clots do not necessarily show up immediately, but may occur several days or weeks later.

What happens when bat hits you?

Anyone who touched or had contact with the bat or its saliva could be at risk of getting rabies, which is almost always fatal once symptoms begin. If you think you or your children or pets may have touched or picked up a bat, call Public Health immediately at 206-296-4774.