EMT - Head & Spinal Injuries

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ICP

pressure within the brain

  • irregular breathing, widening pulse pressure, bradycardia, unequal pupils, posturing (decorticate/decerebrate)

  • cushing’s triad → bradycardia, bradypnea (cheyne-stokes/biot), widening pulse pressure, hypertension

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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

  • direct (primary)

  • delayed (secondary)

  • caused by hypoxia & hypotension

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Epidural Hematoma

  • arterial bleed

  • LOC → lucid intervals

  • blood b/w skull & dura mater

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Subdural Hematoma

  • venous bleed

  • blood beneath dura mater & outside brain

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Contusion

more serious than a concussion

  • physical injury/bruising to brain tissue

  • long lasting damage

  • anterograde amnesia → cannot form new memories

  • retrograde amnesia → cannot recall past memories

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KED

stable, seated patients

  • pt cannot be bariatric or late-stage