Programme

• Presentation and objectives of the session. Epidemiology and types of TBI
• Pathophysiology of neurotraumatic injuries. Primary and secondary injuries. Monro-Kelly law and the concept of cerebral herniation
• Initial neurological assessment of a patient with a TBI
• Action plan in UCIAS
• Radiological diagnosis of neurotraumatic injuries. Focal and diffuse injuries. The classification of the Traumatic Coma Data Bank
• Neuromonitoring in the patient with a severe TBI
• Treatment of intracranial hypertension I: General measures and first-line measures
• Treatment of intracranial hypertension II: Second-level measures
• Surgical treatment of neurotraumatic injuries
• Pre-hospital care for TBI
• PTT code