A ten-year-old patient arrives in the emergency department after falling from a playground slide and injuring their head. The patient lost consciousness at the scene but is awake on arrival to the ED. The patient complains of nausea and left-sided headache but responds to verbal commands appropriately. The neurosurgeon is called in to examine the patient. During the examination, the patient loses consciousness again, becomes hypertensive and bradycardic, and the left pupil is now fixed and dilated. The surgeon calls the OR to set up for an emergency procedure. Why was an emergency procedure ordered?
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