What do I need to look out for in a head injury? How to take care of it?

Try not to move your head, and wipe with a warm water cloth if there is blood (not too hot).

Traumatic brain injury is caused by an external blow to the patient's head, such as a car accident and falling, resulting in obvious headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, short-term coma, retrograde amnesia, as well as limb numbness, decreased limb muscle strength, and even hemiplegia.

In severe cases, patients may also have clinical manifestations such as decreased consciousness, coma, and mydriasis.

If the traumatic brain injury is only mild, most patients can recover well with rest and clinical observation, but if the brain injury is severe and the patient has developed a coma, surgery is required**.

1.After the rescue of cerebral hemorrhage, the patient must stay in bed for 2 weeks, the head can be gently rotated left and right, but can not be raised, the limbs move slightly every 2 hours, stored in the blood circulation, and cannot get out of bed to defecate on their own, so as to avoid cerebral hemorrhage again.

2.The main cause of cerebral hemorrhage is hypertension and arteriosclerosis caused by hypertension, so it is necessary to take antihypertensive drugs on time and in accordance with the doctor's instructions to prevent blood pressure fluctuations from aggravating the condition.

3.Patients with intracerebral hemorrhage need a quiet and comfortable environment to recuperate, so it is best to visit the patient less during the first 2 weeks of onset of the disease, so that the patient can maintain a stable and peaceful mood and avoid bleeding again.

4.Headache is the most common symptom in the early stage of cerebral hemorrhage.

5.Long-term bed rest is prone to bedsores, so it is necessary to massage the hand pressure area of patients with cerebral hemorrhage and keep it dry and clean. Especially for the elderly, long-term bed rest is also prone to lung infection, so they should be turned over and patted on the back more often to cough up sputum.

6.Reasonable diet is helpful for cerebral hemorrhage**, nursing patients with cerebral hemorrhage, you can give natural anticoagulant and passive lipid food, arginine and other foods that replenish the kidney, foods rich in folic acid, pay attention to eating small and frequent meals, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and drink more boiled water.

3. All traumatic brain injuries require bed rest, keep quiet and emotionally stable. Patients with frequent vomiting should be temporarily fasted, and patients with impaired consciousness should be placed for gastrointestinal decompression. Regularly observe the changes in blood pressure, pulse, breathing, pupils, and consciousness, generally every 1 2 hours, and once every 30 minutes in severe cases.

Repeat observation for neurological signs. Keep the airway open, take oxygen, and limit the amount of fluid entering the body to reduce pressure on the skull. At the same time, intracranial pressure-lowering drugs, such as 20% mannitol, hormones, etc., should be given intravenously.

If there is a wound or cerebrospinal fluid leak, antibiotics should be used. In the case of intracranial hematoma or brain herniation, a craniotomy is done to remove the hematoma and decompression. Usually prevent children from falling from high places, and teach children not to play in high places.

1.In comatose patients, the airway must be kept open. Falling tongue and vomit are the main causes of blockage.

2.If the open skull is fractured or the brain is exposed, hair can be cut off within five centimeters of the wound. Gently cover with sterile gauze and gently bandage.

3.When the basilar skull is fractured, and cerebrospinal fluid is discharged from the ear or nose, the following points should be taken into account when dealing with it:

1.Do not use cotton to block the leakage of cerebrospinal fluid from the nose and ears, as it has the effect of reducing intracranial pressure and preventing germs from the nose and ears from retrograde into the skull.

2.When cerebrospinal fluid flows out of the ear and nose, it is strictly forbidden to rinse with water, and a sterilized cotton swab dipped in alcohol (70%) can be used to disinfect the outer ear.

3.With a high pillow, keep your head high.

4.Immediately sent to the hospital, pay attention when transporting, must be carried with a wooden board or stretcher, can not be carried, transport to minimize vibration, awake patients, appropriate use of high pillows, comatose patients, must prevent airway obstruction and vomit aspiration into the lungs.

5.In the case of coma or coma after awakening, patients should be quickly sent to the hospital to determine whether there is an intracranial hematoma and buy time for surgery.