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The World Health Organization defines a b urn as an injury to the skin or other organic tissue by heat, radiation, radioactivity, ultraviolet radiation, electricity, friction or contact with chemicals. Frostbite is also considered a thermal burn Skin injuries as well as respiratory damage from smoke...

Question of the Week: July 7, 2000 When should indwelling bladder catheters be discontinued following spinal cord injury? Answer

Question of the Week: June 16, 2000 What function would you expect to find in a patient with a complete cord injury where function to C7 is intact? Answer

Question of the Week: May 26, 2000 What function would you expect to find in a patient with a complete cord injury where function to C6 is intact? Answer

Question of the Week: May 19, 2000 What function would you expect to find in a patient with a complete cord injury where function to C5 is intact? Answer

The RV pressure rises as a result of isovolumetric contraction. During isovolumetric contraction, the RV pressure rises while all 4 valves remain closed. The RV pressure must increase until it becomes higher than the pulmonary artery pressure. This pressure difference is needed to open the pulmonic...

Question of the Week: June 2, 2000 What function would you expect to find in a patient with a complete cord injury where function to C4 is intact? Answer

Question of the Week: June 9, 2000 What function would you expect to find in a patient with a complete cord injury where function to C3 is intact? Answer

Eye Movement The 3rd cranial nerve is reponsible for all eye movement except downward towards the nose (contolled by CN IV) and lateral (controlled by VI). Return to Main Page

3rd Cranial Nerve The side of the brain (e.g. swelling, bleeding or tumour), the mass can expand until pressure is exerted on the 3rd cranial nerve. A cerebral hemisphere lesion produces motor and/or sensory abnormalities on the opposite side of the body. Because the 3rd cranial nerve on the same...