HSS 2111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Anterior Longitudinal Ligament, Posterior Longitudinal Ligament, Intervertebral Foramina

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2111
• Professor: Tien Nguyen

Document Summary

Professor tien nguyen: function and injuries of axial skeleton. Scalp injury scalp is highly vascular and bleeds freely; primary concerns are to control bleeding, prevent contamination, and assess for skull fracture. Management latex gloves, mild direct pressure, inspect wound for foreign bodies or signs of skull fracture; if no fracture then clean the wound with saline solution. Possibility of hematoma (swelling) or goose egg" development. Skull fracture depends on thickness of skull, impact magnitude, direction of sustained force, and size of impact area; may occur some distance from impact zone. Types linear fracture (basilar; likely to have bleeding from the ear), depressed fracture (indent in skull), comminuted fracture (fragmented pieces of skull) Signs and symptoms severe headache and nausea, discoloration around the eyes (raccoon eyes), blood may leak from nose or ear canal, blindness or loss of smell or hearing, facial paralysis, slurred speech.