title: Emergency neurological life support: subarachnoid hemorrhage.
abstract: Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a neurological emergency because it may lead to sudden neurological decline and death and, depending on the cause, has treatment options that can return a patient to normal. Because there are interventions that can be life-saving in the first hour of onset, SAH was chosen as an Emergency Neurological Life Support protocol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. jedlow@bidmc.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Edlow
authors.forename: Owen
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Samuels
authors.forename: Wade S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Weingart
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000933:Antifibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012640:Seizures / Q000517:prevention & control; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000933:Antifibrinolytic Agents; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers