Traumatic and Occupational Injuries

Question 1

what is causalgia

Answer 1

happens to trauma of peripheral nerves in the extremities - results in hypesthesia, dysethesia, and allodynia

Question 2

Fractures the humerus often result in damage to what nerve?

Answer 2

Musculocutaneous

supplies biceps brachii, brachialis, and coracobrachialis and sensory from lateral cutaneous in forearm

median nerve has no sensory in forearm

Question 3

In what time frame would you expect to not see a small hemorrhage on CT?

Answer 3

after a few days blood gets degraded and can be hard to see on CT (subacute bleed)

Question 4

difference between acute vs chronic subdural hematoma

Answer 4

acute will have hyperdense blood after a few days (< 3 days)

chronic will have hypodense (degraded) blood and happens over weeks

Question 5

Areas of brain most commonly involved in TBI

Answer 5

temporal and inferior frontal lobes

Question 6

What medication should you think about giving within 8 hrs of spinal cord injury?

Answer 6

High dose IV methylprednisolone