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CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
at 2 hours post trauma ... fracture - History ... CATCH #Predictors #Traumatic ... #Brain #Injury ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics
Pediatric Skull Fracture with Associated Hematoma on POCUS

Working with the challenges of risk stratification, management of
Pediatric Skull ... Fracture with Associated ... management of peds head ... trauma in the low ... #POCUS #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Causes of Altered ... Hemorrhage • Traumatic ... Neoplastic Abscess • Skull ... fracture • Subdural ... Involvement - Other • Trauma
Algorithm for Management of Head Injuries in Children
Primary survey:
 • Airway and cervical spine
 • Breathing
• Post-traumatic ... open/depressed skull ... fracture, e.g. ... #Injury #trama ... #pediatrics #peds
CHALICE Predictors of Clinically Significant Head Iniury 
History 
 - Witnessed LOC > 5min 
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Signs of Basal skull ... fracture - Presence ... CHALICE #Predictors #Traumatic ... #Brain #Injury ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
Pediatric Trauma ... Binder) • Use POCUS ... potential pelvic fracture ... #Pediatrics ... #Trauma #Primary
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
of congenital brain ... or skull abnormalities ... with or without trauma ... injury - Lucid ... followed by acute altered
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
he suffered no head ... trauma or loss ... arise from blunt trauma ... following chest trauma ... pattern that your brain