Head And Facial Trauma

Question 1

Battles sign

Answer 1

Ecchymosis over the mastoid process caused by a fracture of the temporal bone

Question 2

Cushings triad

Answer 2

Increased systolic pressure and decreased pulse and respiratory rate Which result from increased intracranial pressure

Question 3

Decerebrate posturing

Answer 3

Arms extended and legs extended with feet in forced plantar flexion
Compression of the brainstem

Question 4

Decorticate posturing

Answer 4

Upper extremity rigidly flexed elbows and wrist

Lesion to the mes emphatic region of the brain

Question 5

Subdural hematoma

Answer 5

Are more common than epidural 50-80% mortality rate