Joseph Rider, a 35-year-old gentleman who fell from a 6-foot ladder while doing home repairs. Mr. Rider struck his head on the concrete floor of the garage, suffering a brief loss of consciousness and a laceration over the right temporal area. A neighbor finds Mr. Rider, and transports him to the local hospital for evaluation and treatment. Because of the traumatic nature of the accident and the brief loss of consciousness the nurse in the emergency room is very concerned about the possibility of deteriorating neurological functioning of Mr. Rider, and the nurse realizes that he is at risk for intracranial hematoma following an injury such as this: • What is a subdural hematoma (SDH)? • List 6 signs and symptoms of a SDH?
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