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Friday 8 February 2013

Panda sign / Raccoon Eyes in Head Injury

Panda sign / Raccoon Eyes in Head Injury

Seen in Anterior Cranial Fossa fracture



 Symptoms of Head Injury

n Bleeding through Nose and Ear
n  Loss of Consciousness
n  Vomiting
n  Convulsions
n  CSF Leak

       Signs of Head Injury

  • Panda sign / Raccoon Eyes
  • Anisocoria
  • CSF ottorrhoea
  • CSF rhinorrhoea
  • Sub conjunctival Haemorrhage with no posterior margin

1 comment:

  1. Hi!
    I'm a third year paramedic student from Finland (Metropolia University of Applied Sciences). As part of our thesis we are making a video on the assessment of trauma patients in the pre-hospital setting. The video will be for future students in our school to aid in their learning. Could we use the picture of the "raccoon eyes" on this blog post in our video to help students conceptualize what they are looking for when assessing for possible head trauma?
    Thanks!

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