Authors: Adam L Brown, Karen Pinches / Editor: Jason M Kendall / Reviewer: Jon Bailey / Codes: OptP2, SLO4 / Published: 18/12/2021
A 31-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) after falling off a wall into a bush. He sustained head and facial injuries. He complained of a mild headache. There was no loss of consciousness, amnesia or neck pain.
On examination his Glasgow Coma Score was 15/15 and the remainder of his physiological observations were normal. He had a laceration to his right upper eyelid, with significant swelling of the lid making occular examination difficult. He had no evidence of base of skull fracture or of significant head injury. He had no focal limb neurology or extra-cranial injury.
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good session on head injury
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Thank you a nice case
Thank you this has helped
Interesting case.
Great case scenario. Trauma is always intriguing. Always check the vision of traumatic eye.
This is an excellent case, thank you!
nice case
good case
A very good learning point here. Have a low threshold for further excamination and imaging if mechanism of injury concerning!