Emergency neurological life support: subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurocrit Care. 2012 Sep:17 Suppl 1:S47-53. doi: 10.1007/s12028-012-9761-6.

Abstract

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a neurological emergency because it may lead to sudden neurological decline and death and, depending on the cause, has treatment options that can return a patient to normal. Because there are interventions that can be life-saving in the first hour of onset, SAH was chosen as an Emergency Neurological Life Support protocol.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Analgesia / methods
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / complications
  • Anticoagulants / adverse effects
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Antifibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Blood Coagulation Disorders / chemically induced
  • Blood Coagulation Disorders / complications
  • Blood Coagulation Disorders / therapy
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / therapeutic use
  • Emergency Medical Services / methods
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / diagnosis
  • Hydrocephalus / etiology
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Hypertension / drug therapy
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / complications
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / complications
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Seizures / prevention & control
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / therapy*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Antifibrinolytic Agents
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Calcium Channel Blockers