Brain Dead?

homer brain

A baffling case of apparent brain death… Can you work out what has happened?

CICM SAQ 2009.2 Q30

CICM_SAQ

Major burns – airway and coma

CICM SAQ 2011.2 Q29

CICM_SAQ

Data interpretation of laboratory values: DIC and coma with liver dysfunction.

Eye movements, coma and pseudocoma

ocular brainstem test findings

A man is about to intubated for coma. What can be learned from a rapid neurological exam that includes assessment of eye movements? Could this be a pseudocoma?

Coma in a spinal patient

The spinal patient from Microbial Mystery 005 has returned from the operating theatre. Within 15 minutes she is unconscious. What’s going on?