https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/clinical-discussions/18480/severe-head-trauma-case Hi any tips for severe head trauma cases? History is 10 month old lab rta yesterday, no deep pain in right fore, both pupils are fairly constricted and minimal plr, no menace responce present. We gave 80mls slow i/v hypertonic saline to help reduce intraen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/133561?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:05:42 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:c35c4fbe-0ab6-4d28-85bc-fd8d21acb0c6Charmaloo88<p>I went to a fantastic trauma lecture at LVS last year, the main thing that stuck in my memory is give them time. If you can stabilise them in the first 48 hours you&#39;ve got a good chance they&#39;ll recover but it takes a good few weeks. However you will want to scan ASAP to determine how much damage has been done but the cases used showed full recovery from nasty head traumas in a matter of months. Obviously depends on how far the owner is willing to go and money unfortunately comes into as well but it&#39;s incredible what the body can do in time!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>