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Head Injury and RTA. Dr. Abdulmonem Al-Hayani MBChB, DipFMS(Lon), PhD(Aber). Outcome=Aims=Goals. 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?
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Head Injury and RTA Dr. Abdulmonem Al-Hayani MBChB, DipFMS(Lon), PhD(Aber) Dr. Al-Hayani
Outcome=Aims=Goals • 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? Dr. Al-Hayani
Why this lecture? Because we are GPs Dr. Al-Hayani
Why Head Injury and Not Others Dr. Al-Hayani
Why Head Injury? Very Dangerous (60% are fatal) Vulnerable In Crimes Vulnerable In Accidents Very Common (35%) Dr. Al-Hayani
Are Injuries Our Buiseness Dr. Al-Hayani
Head Injuries: Causes • Fall • Road Traffic Accidents • Assaults Dr. Al-Hayani
Head Injuries: Mechanism • Crushing • Acceleration • Deceleration Dr. Al-Hayani
Head Injuries: Consequences • Scalp injuries • Skull fractures • Intracranial bleedings • Brain injuries Dr. Al-Hayani
Scalp Injuries • Abrasion • Bruises • Lacerations Dr. Al-Hayani
Skull fractures • Linear (Hit ground) • Hinge (sphenoid bone is the commonest) • Comminuted (Needs strong impact) • Ring (Hit by hammer) • Distort (Distortion) Dr. Al-Hayani
Bleedings • Extradural (Epidural) Hemorrhage • Subdural Hemorrhage • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Dr. Al-Hayani
Subarach is the 2nd Cause of Natural Death Dr. Al-Hayani
Road Traffic Accidents • Always lead to head injury • The first killer in Saudi Arabia Dr. Al-Hayani
RTAs • Car occupants • Driver • Passenger • Pedestrians Dr. Al-Hayani
Summary Dr. Al-Hayani
Key Lesson Head Injuries are strongly associated with crimes, therefore when you face such a case always think about a possibility of a crime Dr. Al-Hayani
Questions & Comments Dr. Al-Hayani