Yes, we may laugh at that vintage Life Alert commercial but sometimes it is for real. A woman pushed her button just like in that classic (although the dude going “I’m having ack!!! Chest pain!!!” is pretty funny in a morbid way too!) after she fell. Unfortunately, the CT above is what was going on in her head.
GCS of 5. Not too much we can do….
ERP! I don’t understand the CT results, could it be that her brain or something in there that is bleeding? beyond repair? Thank You, Stacy
Stacy,
The bright white stuff is her skull. The slightly less bright white stuff just inside that on the right is blood that is pushing her brain to the Right and smushing it.
Hope that helps
Stacy, it’s called a subdural hematoma.
Come on, call the neurosurgeon! They live for this stuff!
Dr Grumpy, They said their usual line, “nothing to do, she is 83 years old and decorticating”.
Oddly enough, I was able to read that. Is it some sort of autistic savant skill that I can read x-rays and CTs without any training?
Basically WHITE=BAD when it is in the brain.