Differentiate the pathophysiology of extradural hematoma and subdural hematoma

Assignment Description: Answer the questions in the grading criteria related to each of the patients provided. Your answer must follow APA 6th edition format. Submit the answer in the assignment area of your course. This assignment is worth 50 points.

Patient 1 – Two individuals come to the emergency department with head injuries. One, 25 years old, has just been in a motor vehicle accident (MVA) and has a temporal lobe injury. The other, 65 years old, has increasing confusion after a fall that happened earlier in the week.

Differentiate the pathophysiology of extradural hematoma and subdural hematoma.

Identify the patient in the above scenario requiring immediate emergency surgical intervention and provide rationale for your choice.