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NUR 135 head injury
Question | Answer |
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Signs and symptoms of a concussion | Nausea, vomiting, slurred speech, headache, confusion |
What should you teach a patient at discharge for a concussion | Severe headache, confusion, loss of consciousness, dizziness, fever, vomiting call MD immediately |
Collection of blood under the skull | Subdural hematoma |
S&S of subdural hematoma | Headache, nausea, impaired coordination, impaired sensory function |
Concerns for open head injury | Infection, hemorrhage, ineffective tissue perfusion, disturbed body image |
As the motor areas of the front of the over compressed by rising pressure deficits develop on the side opposite the expanding mass | This is known as contralateral to the injury |
Anytime there’s an injury where the head We’re neck are involves you should assume what | There is a spinal cord injury don’t move the patient in place a neck collar on them |
With a head injury you should check what | Check Cranial nerves, cardinal Fields, coordination, balance, sensory function and reflexes |