LESSON ASSIGNMENT
LESSON 5
Central Nervous System Trauma.
LESSON ASSIGNMENT
Paragraphs 5-1--5-27.
LESSON OBJECTIVES
After completing this lesson, you should be able to:
5-1.
Identify pathophysiological factors of head
injuries which cause or worsen head injuries.
5-2.
Identify events that occur as intracranial
pressure rises.
5-3.
Identify signs/symptoms and management
techniques for these types of head injuries:
Scalp wounds.
Skull injuries.
Concussion.
Cerebral contusion.
Intracranial hematoma.
5-4.
Identify the steps/procedures for
trauma.
5-5.
Identify the steps/procedures for treating
patients with head injury.
5-6.
Identify the pathophysiological factors relating to
spinal cord injury.
5-7.
Identify spinal cord injuries possibly caused by
an accident.
5-8.
Identify the possible mechanism of injury for a
patient with a spinal cord injury.
5-9.
Identify the events in an accident or evaluation
of a patient that would require the patient to be
treated as a spinal cord injury patient.
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