Emergency Neurological Life Support: Traumatic Brain Injury

Neurocrit Care. 2015 Dec:23 Suppl 2:S143-54. doi: 10.1007/s12028-015-0176-z.

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.

Keywords: Emergency; Neurocritical care; Trauma; Traumatic brain injury.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Injuries / therapy*
  • Emergency Treatment / methods*
  • Humans
  • Life Support Care / methods*
  • Neurology / methods*