Nursing 4400A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Diffuse Axonal Injury, Paracetamol, Risk Compensation
2 Jan 2017
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Week 11 experiencing concussion head, neck, face or elsewhere on the body that produces biomechanical forces that are transmitted to the brain. Definition: form of mild traumatic brain injury (tbi) direct blow to the. Pathology not understood well complex metabolic cascade that occurs within the brain as a result of trauma. Most symptoms resolve in 10 days, children and adol are delayed and extend beyond 10 days. Epidemiology: millions of sports-related concussion occur, most people do not seek medical care. 62% increase in the # of children/adol presenting to ed: media attention, awareness and recognition contribute to increase. Signs & symptoms of concussion (weinberger & briskin, 2013) Headache, fatigue, sleeping more or less, nervous common in most people. Athletes should be removed from field of play and assesse by proff unconscious after head or neck trauma, assume cervical spine injury and stablalize neck (cid:523)focus on abc"s(cid:524) Sport concussion assessment tool 3rd edition scat3 (2013)
