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Emergency Neurological Life Support: Intracerebral Hemorrhage

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Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a subset of stroke resulting from bleeding within the brain parenchyma of the brain. It is potentially lethal, and survival depends on ensuring an adequate airway, reversal of coagulopathy, and proper diagnosis. ICH was chosen as an emergency neurological life support (ENLS) protocol because intervention within the first critical hour may improve outcome, and it is helpful to have a protocol to drive care quickly and efficiently.

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  1. Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA

    Charles M. Andrews

  2. Division of Emergency Medicine and Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA

    Edward C. Jauch

  3. ENLS Course Co-Chair, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, USA

    J. Claude Hemphill III & Wade S. Smith

  4. ENLS Course Co-Chair, Division of ED Critical Care, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Scott D. Weingart

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Andrews, C.M., Jauch, E.C., Hemphill, J.C. et al. Emergency Neurological Life Support: Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care 17 (Suppl 1), 37–46 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-012-9757-2

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