PPT-GETTING YOUR HEAD AROUND THE BRAIN

Palgrave Macmillan October 2012 What do different parts of the brain do CEREBRAL CORTEX Frontal Lobe Decision making speech production planning movement production eye movements smell and taste. Abusive and Accidental Head Injuries in Children. Scope of the Problem. Inflicted head injury is the leading cause of death from physical abuse.. Leading cause of permanent physical disability from abuse.. Approach to Head CT. Rapid Assessment of CT head or . Do I need to call a Neurosurgeon NOW!!!. Is the brain in the middle of the head?. Do the 2 sides of the brain look alike?. Can I see the smile and the pentagon?. Injuries. Dr. S.R. . Hulathduwa. MBBS. ,. DLM.MD. . . DMJ(Path) (. Lond. .) DMJ(. Clin. )(. Lond. .) . Dip.Crim. . . MFFLM(UK. ). Senior Lecturer. Department of Forensic Medicine. University of Sri . Visual Imagery (visual cortex). Visualize a place you’d like to be. Maybe it’s riding a bike, sitting in the park or just hanging out in your bedroom. Create an image of that place and hold it in your mind for a minute.. Professor Emerita. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. CNS: . Brain & spinal cord. . The CNS is “unforgiving” to injury. The CNS is enclosed in bone. Intervention before CNS damage is paramount!. Management of Closed Head Injuries in an Austere Environment 1LT Greg Nix, APA-C //UNCLASSIFIED// 1 Overview Pathophysiology of an injured brain Intracranial Pressure TBI Mild/Mod/Severe Skull Fx Brain Bleeds Ali . Jaber. Al-. Faifi. Salman Nasser . What is microcephaly?. Microcephaly is a medical condition in which the circumference of the head is smaller than normal . (. more than two standard deviations smaller than average for the person's age and sex. vokv@uw.edu. Special thanks to and adapted from original lectures of Drs. Jonathan . Medverd. , Kathleen Fink, Aaron . Rutman. , Jason Hartman, and Richa Patel. https://. www.amazon.co.uk. /Rainbow-Artworks-Homer-Simpson-Brain-Xray-The-Simpsons-Canvas-Print/. Prepared by: John Pakiela, DO, FACEP. Epidemiology. Approximately 500,000 cases of head injury occur in the U.S. each year. 10% die prior to reaching a hospital. 100,000 patients suffer a resultant disability from their head injury. & CTE. A discussion on relating these 3 terms and recent advancements in diagnosing and/or treating them…. Definitions. Concussion – “a . clinical syndrome characterized by immediate and transient alteration in brain function, including alteration of mental status and level of consciousness, resulting from mechanical force or trauma. Head injuries. A short course to learn how to help someone who has a head injury.. Learning outcomes. I can identify a minor or major head injury. I can give first aid to a casualty who has a head injury. Concussions are a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a blow or jolt to the head. Concussions can be mild or severe and interfere with the way the brain normally works, Sometimes symptoms Head injuries. A short course to learn how to help someone who has a head injury.. Learning outcomes. I can identify a minor and a severe head injury. I can give first aid to a casualty who has a head injury. Aim of lecture. To have an overview about head . trauma,classifications,types. and the management of each type. objectives. Classification . catigories. Clinical classification . Mechanism of injury.