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Head injuries Z. Rozkydal

Head injury Skull fractures Brain lesion or damage Scalp wounds Injury to the spine in the neck

Signs History of a severe blow Increasing drowsiness Headache, unequal pupil size Confusion, dizziness Loss of balance, loss of memory Difficult speaking, difficult walking Vomiting, double vision Seizures Bleeding, leakage of blood of watery fluid from the ear or nose Loss of consciousness

Assesment of level of consciousness A Alert, respond to questions eyes are open V Voice, respond to voice, obey commands P Pain, respond to pain U Unresponsive to any stimulus

Whiplash injury

Recovery position

Log- roll technigue

First aid: Free airways Cold compresses at the site of injury Monitor vital signs CPR Stabilisation of cervical spine (Philadelphia collar) Sterile dressing of the ear or nose Philadelphia collar

Brain lesion Concussion (commotio cerebri) Contusion of the brain (contusio cerebri) Epidural haematoma Subdural haematoma Subarachnoideal bleeding Intracerebral bleeding Intraventricular bleeding

Concussion (commotio cerebri) Temporary loss of consciousness Nausea, vomiting, retrograde amnesia Rapid pulse, flat breathing, pale Functional lesion of neurons

Management of concussion Admission to the hospital Sedatives Prevention of epilepsy (Sanepil) Postconcussion syndrom: Headache, vertigo, fatique, desorientation sleep problem

Contusion of the brain (contusio cerebri) Structural damage of the brain Unconsciousness two hours or more Impaired motor function Impairment of sensation

Epidural haematoma Between the skull and hard tissue Artery or vein

Symptoms: Short period of unconsciousness after head injury Free interval (minutes or hours)- minimal problems Headache, nausea, vomiting Coma, seizures Unequal pupils- mydriasis on the site of bleeding

First aid Management Rescue position Free airways Neurosurgry, craniotomy, stop bleeding Removal of haematoma

Subdural haematoma Symptoms: Unconsciousness immediately No free interval Seizures, motor collision