Target Audience
- Medical Interns, Residents, neurology, neurosurgical and critical care (ICU, ED, Anaesthetic) trainees.
- Nurses working in critical care environments (e.g. ICU, ED, neurosurgical step down units).
- Medical students rotating through critical care specialties.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module you should be able to:
- Define intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH)
- Outline the relevant epidemiology of ICH
- Describe common risk factors for ICH
- Outline common clinical features of a patient presenting with ICH
- Describe the aetiology of ICH
- Describe relevant investigations for the diagnosis of ICH
- Understand commonly used grading systems for ICH
- Understand and describe the approach to management of ICH
- Describe complications associated with ICH and preventative strategies employed
