Epidural Hematoma
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Headache Assessment & Diagnosis — Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care▶ 10:28And the text does a great job distinguishing between the two big trauma outcomes you worry aboutSubdural hematoma and epidural hematomaYou need to understand the mechanism, specifically the difference between veins and arteries, to catch theseAcute Intracranial Problems — Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems▶ 28:36Okay, hematomas, let's break them downEpidural hematomaThis is a neurologic emergencyCare of Patients With Head and Spinal Cord Injuries — Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Practice▶ 25:14It's a gradual decline as the pooling blood slowly suffocates the cortexContrast that slow fade with an absolute terrifying medical emergency, the epidural hematomaStatistically rarer, but catastrophically fast