Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 201

LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 201, courtesy of Dr Hakan Yaman from RFDS. Question 1 What is the rate of severe permanent TBI in the Asterix comics, 0%, 25%, 50% or 90%? http://www.asterix.com/the-collection/albums/asterix-and-the-picts.html + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet462394121'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink462394121')) 0%. Although over half of head-injury victims had a severe initial impairment of consciousness, no case of death or permanent neurological deficit was found. The largest group of head-injured characters was constituted by Romans (63.9%), while Gauls caused nearly 90% of the TBIs. A helmet had been worn by 70.5% of victims but had been lost in the vast majority of cases (87.7%). In 83% of cases, TBIs were caused under the influence of a doping agent called “the magic potion”. [Reference]  Question 2 In the original paper describing GCS scoring, how and where was the painful stimulus applied? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet242734443'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink242734443')) A pencil to the fingernail [Reference] ...
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