head injury

1. Head Injury

2. Types of Injury
• Intracranial Bleeding
– Subdural Hemorrhage
– Epidural Hemorrhage
– Subarachnoid hemorrhage
– Parenchymal Injury
• Skull Fractures

3. • Clinical Features include
– Prolonged LOC
– Amnesia
– Vomiting that is delayed by several hours after injury or occurs
more than once
– Seizure
– Severe headache
– Suspicion of inflicted head injury
– GCS score <15
– Signs of a depressed or basilar skull fracture or bulging fontanel
– Focal neurologic examination
– Nonfrontal scalp hematoma for children <2 years of age
– Significant mechanism of injury