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Major Trauma – Injuries by Assault

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E.g. burns, neurosurgery, interventional radiology. Other considerations in significant TBI would be the temporary use of anti-epileptic drugs as prophylaxis to prevent early post-traumatic seizures to aid neuroprotection; the most commonly used would be levetiracetam. Breathing – Dyspnoea, subcutaneous emphysema.