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Preparing for Session 1

Global: UNE myLearn
Site: Rotation 1 2020 Simulated surgical experience
Book: Preparing for Session 1
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Date: Friday, 31 October 2025, 3:34 PM

Table of contents

Specific learning objectives

Students should:

  1. Understand the aetiology of traumatic brain injury
  2. Discuss the principles of primary and secondary brain injury
  3. Recognise the difference in presentation, clinically and on imaging, between the different intracranial haemorrhages
  4. Discuss acute management of a patient with an intracranial haemorrhage

Skills mastered

Students should:

  1. Demonstrate the skills of evaluating a patient’s GCS
  2. Demonstrate the skills of interpreting CT head
  3. Demonstrate the skills of interpreting a trauma series.

Guiding questions

To guide your preparation for this session, please ensure you have considered the following questions:

  1. What is important in the initial evaluation of a trauma patient?
  2. What are important differentials to consider for this patient?
  3. How would you initially manage this patient in a rural ED?