🧠 NEUROLOGY: HIGH-YIELD NURSING STUDY GUIDE ⚡ Your rapid-fire review of the neuro system’s biggest killers and clinical traps. Straight to the point, loaded with red flags 🚨, and built for real-world nursing.

🩸 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) & ICP

• Mild TBI: GCS ≥13, LOC <30 min. 90% of all neurotrauma.
• Moderate–Severe TBI: GCS ≤12. Watch for Cushing’s Triad (↑BP, ↓HR, irregular respirations). ➤ ATLS protocol, maintain perfusion, give mannitol or hypertonic saline.
• Epidural Hematoma: ⚠️ Lucid interval, then coma. Ipsilateral dilated pupil → emergency craniectomy.
• Subdural Hematoma: Often venous. Elderly/anticoagulated high  ...