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Brain injuries (Signs of raised ICP (Prevent raised ICP (Further, Simple),…
Brain injuries
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Severity of TBI
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Post traumatic amnesia
- Reduced ability to lay downn new memory
- Lead to confusion, agitation, wandering
- Difficult to rehabilitate, requires supportive care
- GOAT assessment helps identify improvemtn
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Once ICP stabilised
- Begin to wridraw sedation
- Assess ventilatory needs
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extra dural heamorrage: expands within brain tissue utself, middle meningeal artery due to blowt ohead, qucik, concave patter:
subdural = venous
cerebral atrophy/shrinking of brain
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Pain, contractures, pressure sores
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