2. Countercoup Cranial Contents shift, temporal or posterior region
3. Mechanism of Coup-countercoup, where rapid acceleration of head hits directly, then
crainial
Injury : contents stop and shift then decelerate (dittuse injury)
Acceleraiton-
De-
celeration
4. blunt trauma Direct impact
5. Penetrating Penetrates into the brain tissue
Trau-
ma
6. High velocity Gun shot wound
trauma
example
7. Low velocity Swinging hammer
trau-
ma example
8. Coup-Counter- Head hitting dashboard in MVC
coup trauma
example
9. 3 types of 1. Scalp lac
prima-
ry head injury 2. Skull Fracture
3. Brain Injury
10. Scalp Lac Most common injury,
assess-
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, ment Get good HPI,
Ask about timing of last tetanus shot
11. Scalp Lac PE Profuse bleeding, Apply direct pressure if no underlying skull fracture,
find-
ings
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,12. Monitor what s/s of hypotension & shock:
for scalp lac tachycardia, decreased Urinary Output, AMS
13. Scalp Lac examine Thoroughly, clean before suturing.
treat- ment Sutures for face
Staples for scalp
14. 5 types of 1. simple
skull 2. depressed
fractures 3. compound
4. penetrating
5. basilar
15. Simple Skull Frac- No displacement of bone, requires no specific treatment
ture
16. Depressed skull fracture
Skull Fracture
17. S/S
depressed
skull
fracture
18. Treatment of
De- pressed
Skull Fracture
19. Compound
Bone Skull
Fracture
20. Penetrating
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, Fragment depressed into skull if needed, seizure precaution and consult neuro- surgery
asymptomatic : possibly altered Bone depressed and in part is sticking out through the skin
LOC
Object penetrating into the skull and possibly brain tissue
Prophylactic antibiotic, tetanus
21. Fracture in the floor of the skull
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