A 10-year-old female patient arrives in the emergency depart…
A 10-year-old female patient arrives in the emergency department after falling from a playground slide and injuring her head. She lost consciousness at the scene but is awake on arrival to the ED. She complains of nausea and left-sided headache but responds to verbal commands appropriately. During the examination by the neurosurgeon, she loses consciousness again, becomes hypertensive and bradycardic. Her left pupil is now fixed and dilated. The surgeon calls the OR to set up an emergency craniotomy procedure. Why did the surgeon make the right choice and choose to schedule the case as an emergency?