Emergency Neurological Life Support: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Neurocrit Care. 2015 Dec:23 Suppl 2:S103-9. doi: 10.1007/s12028-015-0183-0.

Abstract

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a neurological emergency because it may lead to sudden neurological decline and death and, depending on the cause, has treatment options that can return a patient to normal. Because there are interventions that can be life-saving in the first hour of onset, SAH was chosen as an Emergency Neurological Life Support protocol.

Keywords: Cerebral aneurysm; Fisher group; Hunt Hess; Hydrocephalus.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Emergency Treatment / methods*
  • Humans
  • Life Support Care / methods*
  • Neurology / methods*
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / therapy*