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Title: Head Injury and RTA


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Head Injury and RTA
  • Dr. Abdulmonem Al-Hayani
  • MBChB, DipFMS(Lon), PhD(Aber)

2
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?

3
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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