HEAD INJURY
PRESENTED BY
Tanisha
BPT – 6th sem
, CONTENTS....
▪ Definition
▪ Etiology
▪ Mechanism of injury
▪ Types
▪ Pathophysiology
▪ Clinical features
▪ Progression
▪ Complications
▪ Diagnosis
▪ Treatment
▪ Pt intervention for Injury
,DEFINITION
▪ Head injury means damage to any of the structures of the head a
result of trauma .
▪ As defined by national head injury foundation of America, head inj
is “a traumatic insult to brain capable of produc
physical,intellectual,emotional,social and vocational changes.
▪ The term “Head injury” is most often used to refer to an injury to
brain ,that may also involve the bones, muscles,blood vessels,skin or o
organs of the face or head .
PRESENTED BY
Tanisha
BPT – 6th sem
, CONTENTS....
▪ Definition
▪ Etiology
▪ Mechanism of injury
▪ Types
▪ Pathophysiology
▪ Clinical features
▪ Progression
▪ Complications
▪ Diagnosis
▪ Treatment
▪ Pt intervention for Injury
,DEFINITION
▪ Head injury means damage to any of the structures of the head a
result of trauma .
▪ As defined by national head injury foundation of America, head inj
is “a traumatic insult to brain capable of produc
physical,intellectual,emotional,social and vocational changes.
▪ The term “Head injury” is most often used to refer to an injury to
brain ,that may also involve the bones, muscles,blood vessels,skin or o
organs of the face or head .
