SAQ 1000 – Assault head injury and secondary brain injury prevention

A 25-year-old man is brought to ED after being assaulted with a cricket bat 1 hour earlier.

He had a witnessed loss of consciousness for 5 minutes at the scene and now has GCS 14 (E4 V4 M6).

Other than intracranial haematoma, list three possible early complications of head trauma and two signs for each.

(Marked out of 6.0)
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List the five high-risk and two medium-risk features in the Canadian CT Head Rule.

(Marked out of 5.0)

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If significant traumatic brain injury is found, what measures should be taken to prevent secondary brain injury?

(Marked out of 5.0)

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