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The nursing instructor is teaching about hematomas to a pre-nursing pathophysiology class. What would the nursing instructor describe as an arterial bleed with rapid neurologic deterioration?

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Epidural Hematoma

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Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that the best answer for this description would be an Epidural Hematoma . This is caused from an arterial bleed, mainly the middle meningeal artery. This type of Hematoma progresses at a very rapid pace and causes massive neurologic deterioration as described in the question.

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