Severe Head Injury (CKB) When GCS 3-8

Severe Head Injury (CKB) When GCS 3-8

event in patients with consciousness plummeted and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 3-8, Severe head injury is important to note and need special care to avoid it - things that are not in want because of head injury is a serious condition. It is therefore particularly nurses and health workers all can be associated directly with the knowledge and practical skills to perform the first treatment and life-saving measures will be carried out before referral to the hospital to go, with fast and accurate handling will be a little help and assist the healing process and awareness of patients and can reduce morbidity and mortality. Therefore, hospitals must be ready and skilled with the arrival of patients - patients who are quite impairment of consciousness, which is handling the maximum will increase the patient's condition worsens and can lead to delayed referral keadanya patients the possibility of recovery of function, for patients with high accident factor to consider in particular the heavy body, such as head injuries can be categorized into various aspects, but for practical purposes in the field can use the classification based on the severity of the injury. Assessment of the severity of head injury can be done using the GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale), which is a scale to quantitatively assess the level of consciousness and neurological abnormalities that occur. There are three aspects to be considered, which opened the eyes of the reaction, the reaction to speak, and the reaction arm and leg movements 1.3.