You respond to a residence for a 27-year-old male with an altered mental status. As you are assessing him, his girlfriend tells you that he does not have any medical problems that she is aware of; however, he did fall two days ago and struck his head. These clinical and historical findings should make you MOST suspicious for:
A. acute hypoglycemia.
B. meningeal artery rupture.
C. epidural hemorrhaging.
D. subdural hemorrhaging.
Ans: D. subdural hemorrhaging.
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