Neurological Evaluation of the Unconscious Patient

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
J. Douglas Miller
Keyword(s):  
The Unconscious ◽  
Unconscious Patient ◽  
Neurological Evaluation

POSTURE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT

The Lancet ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 295 (7650) ◽  
pp. 774-775
Author(s):  
A FOWLER
Keyword(s):  
The Unconscious ◽  
Unconscious Patient

The Golden Rule for the Unconscious Patient

Nursing Forum ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Helen Louise Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Golden Rule ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Unconscious Patient

Nursing care of patient emergencies

2009 ◽  
pp. 1023-1108
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Unconscious Patient ◽  
Medical Emergencies

Part 1. General principles of first aid for nurses outside the emergency department environment Medical emergencies 1025 General principles of first aid for nurses 1026 Priorities when faced with an emergency situation 1028 Care of the unconscious patient (both within and outside the hospital environment) ...

The unconscious patient

2014 ◽  
pp. 436-446
Author(s):  
Christopher Westall ◽  
Kobus Preller
Keyword(s):  
The Unconscious ◽  
Unconscious Patient

Management of unconsciousness in the ICU

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Kornbluth ◽  
Robert D. Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Cervical Spine ◽  
Supportive Care ◽  
Cervical Spine Injury ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
Spine Injury ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Unconscious Patient ◽  
Ultimate Cause ◽  
Underlying Pathophysiology

The key to the treatment of unconsciousness is an understanding of the underlying pathophysiology. Management of the unconscious patient should be targeted towards the diagnosis and treatment of the cause combined with supportive care of the patient, while the ultimate cause is elucidated. The basic tenants of emergency and critical care medicine—the ABC’s—apply to the unconscious patient with particular care if occult cervical spine injury is a possibility. The prognosis of disorders of consciousness depends heavily on the aetiology and accurate prognostication can be difficult even when the underlying cause has been determined.

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