An elephant can cause a number of injuries depending on the nature of how it contacts its victim.
Sources of injury:
(1) feet
(2) tusk
(3) trunk
(4) body (pressing against the ground, a tree or other object)
Types of injuries:
(1) crush injury
(2) goring
(3) rib fractures
(4) asphyxiation
(5) trauma to extremities or external genitalia
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Specialty: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care
