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Introduction to Traumatic Brain Injury

This video describes the underlying pathophysiology related to cerebral swelling, management of increased intracranial pressure, and optimization of cerebral perfusion pressure in the patients with traumatic brain injury.

Released:

January 28, 2015

Audience:

Physicians, Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the different types of injuries defined as traumatic brain injury

  • Describe the secondary injuries that occur because of traumatic brain injury

  • Describe the Monro-Kellie Doctrine and how it relates to traumatic brain injury

  • Describe Cerebral Perfusion Pressure and how it relates to Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Blood Flow in traumatic brain injury

  • Describe the factors that affect cerebral blood flow

  • Describe the strategies to lower intracranial pressure

Author(s)

Lisa DelSignore, MD

Associate Professor, Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Yale School of Medicine


Aleksandra E. Olszewski, MD
Resident Physician, UW Pediatrics | Seattle Children's Hospital


Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH

Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School

Citation

DelSignore L, Olszewski AE, Wolbrink TA. Introduction to Traumatic Brain Injury. 1/2015. OPENPediatrics. Online Course. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/3056/introduction-to-traumatic-brain-injury. Video: https://youtu.be/MD_ERh6XpqE. Podcast: https://on.soundcloud.com/Uy3ew.

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