Emergency neurological life support: traumatic brain injury

Neurocrit Care. 2012 Sep:17 Suppl 1:S112-21. doi: 10.1007/s12028-012-9760-7.

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) was chosen as an Emergency Neurological Life Support topic due to its frequency, the impact of early intervention on outcomes for patients with TBI, and the need for an organized approach to the care of such patients within the emergency setting. This protocol was designed to enumerate the practice steps that should be considered within the first critical hour of neurological injury.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Blood Coagulation Disorders / chemically induced
  • Blood Coagulation Disorders / therapy
  • Brain Injuries* / complications
  • Brain Injuries* / diagnosis
  • Brain Injuries* / therapy
  • Decompressive Craniectomy
  • Diuretics, Osmotic / therapeutic use
  • Emergency Medical Services / methods
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages / etiology
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages / prevention & control
  • Intracranial Hypertension / etiology
  • Intracranial Hypertension / therapy
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Seizures / prevention & control

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Diuretics, Osmotic