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Head + Pelvic Injuries

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What is Retrograde Amnesia?   Inability to recall memories priory to injury  
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What is Anterograde Amnesia?   Inability to form new memories  
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What signs would you see with a base of Skull Fracture?   Raccoon eyes (Temporal Lobe) Battle Signs (Sphenoid process)  
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What is a focal Brain Injury?   Confined to one area of the brain  
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What is a diffuse Brain injury?   Shearing of the Brain longs connective nerve fibres  
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What is an Intercerebral Haemorrhage?   Bleed within the brain  
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What is an Intraventricular Haemorrhage?   Bleed around the brain  
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What is Coup + CounterCoup?   Coup - site of Impact CounterCoup - Not the site of Impact When head moves back+forth  
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What is ICP   Intercranial Pressure  
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What is Cushings Triad?   Widened Pulse Pressure Bradycardia Irregular Resp Hypertension  
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What is a Le fort I fracture?   Maxilla fracture  
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What is a Le fort II fracture?   Midface - Nasal Bridge - Maxilla - Lacrimal bones - Orbital floor + Rim  
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What is a Le fort III fracture?   Entire Midface - Posteriorly along medial wall of orbit  
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What are the types of Pelvic fractures?   Lateral Compression - Internal rotation Anterior Posterior Compression - Open Pelvis Vertical Shear - Bone is displaced Vertically  
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