Nursing 3910A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Spinal Cord Injury, Ileus, Spinal Cord
10 Dec 2016
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This changed when hospitals started utilizing catheters: emotional response--. Potential for disruption of individual growth and development. Economic loss in terms of work disruption. Cost to the health care system is 1. 6-3 million per sci over their lifetime: spinal cord injury: Transient to transection transient is the possibility to regain function, Transection is the tearing of the spinal cord. Primary injury primary insult nerves are often cut and often do not regain function. Secondary injury swelling, bleeding and inflammation that often goes away over time. Potential for reversal hours to 72 hours. Level and severity of the injury are very important in terms of function you will have post injury: manifestations: Acute pain in the back or neck, may radiate along the involved nerve. Absence of pain does not rule out a spinal injury. High cervical injury may be dependent on a trach. Fear: sci is a medical emergency: Presume sci until it is ruled out.
