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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about traumatic contusion or haematoma and death from traumatic contusion or haematoma.
Meaning of traumatic contusion or haematoma
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, traumatic contusion or haematoma:
(a)          means a blood collection in the skin, tissue or organ as a result of application of physical force causing tissue damage and internal bleeding; and
(b)          includes traumatic contusion of organs including the heart, pericardium, lung, pleura, liver, spleen, and kidneys, bone, joint, eye, orbit; and
(c)          excludes:
(i)             blood collections associated with a fracture; and
(ii)         blood collections associated with subarachnoid haemorrhage, subdural haemorrhage, extradural haemorrhage or cerebrovascular accident;
Note 1: If traumatic haematoma is only affecting the brain, then the moderate to severe traumatic brain injury SoP would be preferred.
Note 2: Some traumatic contusions or haemorrhage can continue to enlarge due to persistent bleeding.
Note 3: Some haematomas can compress surrounding structures such as nerves, and vessels. An acute compartment syndrome due to the blood collection is considered an integral manifestation of the contusion.
Death from traumatic contusion or haematoma
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, traumatic contusion or haematoma, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's traumatic contusion or haematoma.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.