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A coup-contrecoup injury occurs when the force impacting the head is not only strong enough to cause a contusion at the site of impact, but also able to move the brain and cause it to displace rapidly into the opposite side of the skull, causing an additional contusion. open head injury; closed head injury
Head injuries include both injuries to the brain and those to other parts of the head, such as the scalp and skull. Head injuries can be closed or open. Head injuries can be closed or open. A closed (non-missile) head injury is where the dura mater remains intact.
[12] [13] All traumatic brain injuries are head injuries, but the latter term may also refer to injury to other parts of the head; [14] [15] [16] however, the terms head injury and brain injury are often used interchangeably. [17] Similarly, brain injuries fall under the classification of central nervous system injuries [18] and neurotrauma. [19]
Carrie Underwood took to Twitter to update her fans on her condition after sustaining 'multiple injuries' during a fall down stairs.
Closed head injury (coup contrecoup) can damage more than the impact sites on the brain, as axon bundles may be torn or twisted, blood vessels may rupture, and elevated intracranial pressure can distort the walls of the ventricles. [7] [10] [11] Diffuse axonal injury is a key pathology in concussive brain injury. [5] The visual system may be ...
Worker hanging strapped into a safety harness during a fall rescue drill. Suspension trauma, also known as orthostatic shock while suspended, harness hang syndrome (HHS), suspension syndrome, or orthostatic intolerance, is an effect which occurs when the human body is held upright without any movement for a period of time.
Young women exhibit riskier behavior than men when walking down stairs, a study found. Overall, women go to the hospital with stair-related injuries more often. Why young adults, especially women ...
Kathie Lee Gifford is on the mend after a fall down the stairs in her Tennessee home left her with a fractured pelvis in two places — and she credits it all to the "hundreds of thousands of ...