Internal Bleeding Injuries After an Accident

Internal bleeding is typically the result of a very serious impact on an accident victim’s body, including the following amounts of force:

• Blunt Trauma: There are many instances in which a blunt force trauma won’t necessarily result in external wounds, but when enough compression is accompanied with the force it can end up causing an individual’s internal organs to dangerously bleed. This can lead to the organ’s lining being torn, which can cause an array of serious medical complications. An example would be retroperitoneal bleeding as a result of internal bleeding near the victim’s kidneys.
• Deceleration Trauma: Deceleration trauma can cause a person’s organs to shift, which can cause blood vessels to tear and result in internal bleeding. Deceleration trauma is commonly associated with intracranial bleeding, which can lead to other types of brain injuries. Even a rather small amount of excess blood within an individual’s brain can lead to a tremendous amount of added cranial pressure, and can subsequently lead to decreased brain functionality.
• Bone Fractures: Broken bones as a result of an accident can often be the root cause of internal bleeding, and this is sometimes because a lot of blood may be lost when a bone severely fractures. There are also instances in which blood vessels around larger, flat bones (like the pelvis) are torn by an accident’s trauma, which then can create serious internal bleeding.