Target Audience
- Medical Interns, Residents, 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 aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH).
- Outline the relevant epidemiology of aSAH.
- Outline risk factors for aSAH.
- Outline common clinical features of a patient presenting with aSAH.
- Describe the aetiology of aSAH, including the most common causes.
- Understand and describe the common locations of saccular (“berry”) aneurysm.
- Describe relevant investigations for the diagnosis of aSAH and expected findings.
- Compare and contrast two commonly used SAH grading systems.
- Understand and describe the general management principles of aSAH.
- Recognise the common complications associated with aSAH and describe prevention strategies employed.
- Outline the prognosis of aSAH
