Spinal Injury: Effect Of Impact And Trauma

The steps taken to achieve the best practice for moving the student to avoid further injury when experiencing a motionless casualty experiencing head/ spinal injuries would be best to:
Identify head and spinal injury/possibilities
• Unconsciousness - This occurs if the casualty is not responding to Aid being performed
• Disorientation - Is caused when the casualty is unaware or unable to understand or respond clearly
• Loss of feeling - This may occur if the spinal cord has been damaged. This may result in short or long term damage to the casualty
• Loss of control of limbs - Due to brain or spinal damage the casualty may not be able to have direct control of the function of their limbs
• Sever pain- due to direct impact and trauma on the body
• Headache- effect of impact and trauma from incident, this may be from internal bleeding
• New Deformities - abrasions to the skin or broken/ dislocated bones
• Skull deformities - cracked skull
• Clear fluid from nose/ears (cerebrospinal fluid) from direct impact to head
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If near the brain this could have serious effects if not treated promptly and correctly
• Shock - would be a common effect if the casualty was conscious however disoriented and with symptoms eg; clammy, cold, loss of hearing or blurred vision etc.

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