The nursing instructor is teaching about hematomas to a pre-nursing pathophysiology class. What would the nursing instructor describe as an arterial bleed with rapid neurologic deterioration?
A) Extradural hematoma
B) Epidural hematoma
C) Subdural hematoma
D) Intracranial hematoma
B
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An epidural hematoma stems from arterial bleeding, usually from the middle meningeal artery, and blood accumulation above the dura. It is characterized by rapidly progressive neurologic deterioration.
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