Title
Intracranial Hemorrhage
Abstract
Scenario overview A 64-year-old man with history of arrhythmia and hypertension comes to ED with moderate headache, dizziness and numerous episodes of vomiting over 1 hour. Was driven to ED by wife who had to have security carry patient in from car using wheelchair. He had just come home from warfarin clinic when symptoms started. Man denies blurry vision, fever and weakness of arms or legs. Appears mildly agitated and anxious. CT head shows hemorrhagic stroke in cerebellum. Patient gets obtunded after CT and requires emergency airway, management of hypertensive emergency and reversal of supratherapeutic INR. Teaching objectives/discussion points Clinical and medical management.
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Publication Title
Simwars Simulation Case Book: Emergency Medicine
Number of Pages
159-163
Document Type
Article; Book Chapter
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107111011.039
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
85011382751 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85011382751
STARS Citation
Joshi, Nikita K. and Okuda, Yasuharu, "Intracranial Hemorrhage" (2015). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 1346.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/1346