List at least eight signs or symptoms of a head injury.
What will be an ideal response?
· Change in the patient's level of alertness or consciousness
· Change in orientation (ability to recognize time, place, person)
· Memory loss
· Unequal pupils
· Visual disturbances
· Blood or clear fluid leaking from ears or nose
· Change in ability to speak or make self understood
· Change in ability to follow directions
· No response to verbal stimulation
· Weakness of arms or legs
· Difficulty maintaining balance
· Complaints of headache
· Nausea or vomiting
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