HiCore basic life support for doctors .ppt

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1. Immediate Care Trauma Course
Head injuries and secondary survey
Centre for Emergency Medical Science
University College Dublin

2. Skills station T4
•Primary survey
•Head injuries
•Secondary survey

3. Primary survey
•AcBCDE
Secondary survey
•Head to toe examination for all injuries
•Reassessment ABCs
•Definitive care

6. Primary brain injury
Secondary brain injury

7. Primary brain injury
Secondary brain injury
hypoxia
hypovolemia

8. Extradural haemorrhage

11. Subdural haemorrhage

13. Raised intracranial pressure
•Falling level of consciousness
•Rising blood pressure
•Falling heart rate
•Unequal pupils
•Localising signs
•Cerebral irritability

14. Complications like…
•Airway difficulties
•Less than obvious injuries
•Seizures

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