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07.08 Basilar Skull Fracture for CCRN Review

07.08 Basilar Skull Fracture for CCRN Review

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Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio
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Nursing Points

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  1. Basilar Skull fracture
    1. A broken bone in the base of the skull
    2. Symptoms
      1. Raccoon eyes = black eyes
      2. Battle sign- black and blue on the mastoid
      3. Bleeding behind eardrum
      4. Otorrhea – Cerebral Spinal Fluid leak from the ear
      5. Rhinorrhea – CSF leak from the nose
      6. Lose cranial nerve 1 = olfactory nerve

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