Temporising an extradural haematoma by intraosseous needle craniostomy in the District General Hospital by non-neurosurgical doctors – A case report | Zendy

Sahra Durnford | Zendy; Harry Bulstrode | Zendy; Andrew Durnford | Zendy; Aabir Chakraborty | Zendy; Nicholas T. Tarmey | Zendy

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Temporising an extradural haematoma by intraosseous needle craniostomy in the District General Hospital by non-neurosurgical doctors – A case report

Author(s) -

Sahra Durnford,

Harry Bulstrode,

Andrew Durnford,

Aabir Chakraborty,

Nicholas T. Tarmey

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of the intensive care society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.551

H-Index - 14

eISSN - 2057-360X

pISSN - 1751-1437

DOI - 10.1177/1751143717734997

Subject(s) - medicine , neurosurgery , general hospital , district hospital , surgery , emergency department , head injury , subdural haematoma , regional hospital , head trauma , hematoma , general surgery , emergency medicine , nursing

We report the case of a 69-year-old man admitted to the emergency department of a UK district general hospital with an extradural haematoma following closed head injury. He deteriorated rapidly before transfer to the regional neurosurgical centre and was treated with decompression of the extradural haematoma through an EZ-IO™ intraosseous needle in our department, with telephone guidance from the neurosurgeon. We believe this to be the first reported use of this technique in a district general hospital.

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