This happened to me, what does this mean? any1 know their medical terms?!
Question: can some1 break it down for me in words that we could all understand
I had:
- significant brain injury - GCS 5 at the scene
- fracture to the left occipital bone with some underlying constusions
- right sided frontal contusions
- subdural hematoma (suspicious for a contra coupe injury)
- horizontal basal skull fracture involving the temporal sinus
- left sided lamina of C2 vertebrae
- right sided transverse process fracture of L3 and L4
- pulmonary contusion to the left chest and hemothorax
- left rib fractures and fracture of the left clavicle
I had a car accident in the 4o1 (if any1 knows where that is)
The driver of the car died, I was in a coma for a month. Now I have to walk with a cane until I regain my full balance again.
Answers: can some1 break it down for me in words that we could all understand
I had:
- significant brain injury - GCS 5 at the scene
- fracture to the left occipital bone with some underlying constusions
- right sided frontal contusions
- subdural hematoma (suspicious for a contra coupe injury)
- horizontal basal skull fracture involving the temporal sinus
- left sided lamina of C2 vertebrae
- right sided transverse process fracture of L3 and L4
- pulmonary contusion to the left chest and hemothorax
- left rib fractures and fracture of the left clavicle
I had a car accident in the 4o1 (if any1 knows where that is)
The driver of the car died, I was in a coma for a month. Now I have to walk with a cane until I regain my full balance again.
Glasgow Coma Scale is a measurement of unconsciousness.
Fractured skull with bruising to the brain.
Bruising to the brain closer to the front of the head.
Bleeding between the brain matter and the skin-like covering over it, possibly caused by the brain bouncing from one side to the other from the impact.
Skull fracture that started at the back of the head and running around to the front.
This phrase doesn't make sense to me.
A particular part of the vertebrae.
Lung bruising with blood in the chest cavity.
Broken ribs and broken clavicle.
Glad you're doing well. My sis-in-laws son suffered head injuries 5 years ago; he recovered eventually and was able to return to job as policeman. His personality is totally different than it used to be.
I will have a bash as they say:
GCS 5
Glascow Coma Scale
Eye Opening
Spontaneous 4
To Voice 3
To Pain 2
None 1
Best Verbal
Oriented 5
Confused 4
Inappropriate Words 3
Incomprehensible Sounds 2
None 1
Best Motor
Obeys Commands 6
Localizes Pain 5
Withdraws to Pain 4
Flexion to Pain 3
Extension to Pain 2
None 1
You scored 5, so a mix match of the above.
Fracture you should know. The occipital bone, a saucer-shaped membrane bone situated at the back and lower part of the cranium, is trapezoid in shape and curved on itself. It is pierced by a large oval aperture, the foramen magnum, through which the cranial cavity communicates with the vertebral canal. Frontal contusion bumps/bruises. Heamatoma a collection of blood.
Usually the force of the impact will force the brain to shift, and/or bounce against and strike the inner bony prominences of the opposite half of the skull (i.e. contre coup injury)
So that means that you hit your head fracturing the membrane. You also had a bruise and a collection of blood, so they suspected contra coupe injury, your brain bounced off the inside of your skull, which is not good.
Then you fractured your basel skull: The singular anatomical relationship of the base of the skull is responsible for the particular problems that may arise after injury. Extensive dural laceration and severe neurovascular damage may accompany skull base injuries. Trauma to the anterior skull base is frequently related to the paranasal sinuses.
You also fractured L3, L4 vertabra in your spine, and bruised the left chest and induced a hemothorax, accumulation of blood in the chest. Rib fractures and clavicle fractures you should know. So it would seem that you got away lightley!
Yes due to the damage to the skull, you will have to learn to regain your balance, expected after this trauma. Just sit in a car, put a seat belt on and think about 'impact' and you can see what caused the damage and how you were thrown forward, then backwards, whiplash on a big scale.
Good Luck