Question 25 (part 2) · LDEK · Trauma
In adults after injury, temporary loss of consciousness, vomiting, sudden severe headache, nausea, psychomotor disorders, dizziness, retrograde amnesia are the classic symptoms of:
- A. anaphylactic shock.
- B. hypertension.
- C. concussion.
- D. heart attack.
- E. hypoglycaemia.
Hint
Consider a transient post-traumatic brain dysfunction without structural damage that classically includes amnesia for the event.
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