Question: A Patient Is Brought Into The Emergency Department After Being Found At The Bottom Of A Staircase, Face Down. He Is Not Responsive To Verbal Or Tactile Stimuli, However There Is A Pulse. What Assessments And Test(s) Would Be Done To Decide As To A Diagnosis? What Are The Potential Issues For This Patient Besides A Traumatic Brain Injury, Would One Consider …

A patient is brought into the emergency department after being found at the bottom of a staircase, face down. He is not responsive to verbal or tactile stimuli, however there is a pulse. What assessments and test(s) would be done to decide as to a diagnosis? What are the potential issues for this patient besides a traumatic brain injury, would one consider a spinal cord injury? or any other potential problems? What would the treatments be for the patient? Prof B What medical history would be pertinent to obtain from family members?