Head injuries are very common and make up a great deal of emergency medicine, as well as general surgery and general medicine.
The following are some teaching cases involving head injury or trauma and some important investigations and points to remember on the wards.
This provides an introduction to the importance of neuro-imaging in trauma cases:
- extradural haemorrhage (EDH)
- subdural haemorrhage (SDH)
- subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)
- skull fracture
Further information on head injury can be found here.