Head Injury and RTA

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Head Injury and RTA

• Dr. Abdulmonem Al-Hayani
• MBChB, DipFMS(Lon), PhD(Aber)

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OutcomeAimsGoals

• Why this lecture?
• Why head injuries and not other injuries?
• What is the relation between Injuries and
  forensic medicine?
• Mechanism, causes and consequences of head
  injury?
• Road Traffic Accidents?

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Why this lecture?
Because we are GPs
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Why Head Injury and Not Others
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Why Head Injury?
Very Dangerous (60 are fatal)
Vulnerable In Crimes
Vulnerable In Accidents
Very Common (35)
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Are Injuries Our Buiseness
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Head Injuries Causes

• Fall
• Road Traffic Accidents
• Assaults

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Head Injuries Mechanism

• Crushing
• Acceleration
• Deceleration

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Head Injuries Consequences

• Scalp injuries
• Skull fractures
• Intracranial bleedings
• Brain injuries

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Scalp Injuries

• Abrasion
• Bruises
• Lacerations

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Skull fractures

• Linear (Hit ground)
• Hinge (sphenoid bone is the commonest)
• Comminuted (Needs strong impact)
• Ring (Hit by hammer)
• Distort (Distortion)

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Bleedings

• Extradural (Epidural) Hemorrhage
• Subdural Hemorrhage
• Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

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Subarach is the 2nd Cause of Natural Death
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Road Traffic Accidents

• Always lead to head injury
• The first killer in Saudi Arabia

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RTAs

• Car occupants
• Driver
• Passenger
• Pedestrians

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Summary
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Key Lesson

• Head Injuries are strongly associated with
  crimes, therefore when you face such a case
  always think about a possibility of a crime

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