Patent ID: 7846094

Claim:
A system for detecting a neurological injury in a subject prior to transport from a site of the injury, said system comprising: a computing device comprising: at least one distal signal emitter attachable to a first position on the subject to emit an electrical signal generated by the computing device into the subject such that the electrical signal is communicated to a nerve in proximity to the first position; at least one signal detector attachable to a second position in electrical communication with a subject central nervous system on the subject to detect the electrical signal transmitted by the nerve as neural conductivity as a detected electrical signal; and a processor for comparing a threshold reference value with the detected electrical signal and indicating the neurological injury when the detected electrical signal is beyond a preselected range of the reference value; and a biochemical analyzer for analyzing fluid samples for the presence of chemical species or concentrations indicative of the neurological injury providing an output signal to said computing device; and a display providing indication of the neurological injury associated with the output signal and the detected electrical signal; said system providing suggestions as to at least one of: immediate interventive neuroprotective pharmaceutical treatments, or physical transport precautions prior to transport from a site of the injury.