Target Audience
- Medical Interns, Residents, and critical care (ICU/ED/Anaesthetic) trainees.
- Nurses working in critical care wards (e.g. ICU and ED)
- Pre-hospital healthcare providers who want more insight into traumatic brain injury (TBI) management in the hospital setting
- Medical, nursing and paramedic students rotating through critical care terms
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module you should be able to:
- Define TBI
- Understand some basic epidemiology
- Learn some clinically relevant anatomy and physiology
- Know the key principles of the emergency management of an acute TBI
- Understand the intensive care management of patients with TBI
- Recognise the common complications associated with TBI and describe prevention strategies employed.
- Outline the prognosis and outcomes of patients with TBI
