What sorts of injuries would require a physician to consider inducing a coma in a patient with some sort of brain injury?

Question

What sorts of injuries would require a physician to consider inducing a coma in a patient with some sort of brain injury?

Answer 1

1) hypothermia is recommended for patients after cardiac arrests when their glassgow coma score is low

2) medical coma is recommended for patients with refractory seizures

3)medical coma is used in cases to decrease intracranial pressure.

the race car driver, I believe it was shukaer, who they kept hypothermic for weeks after his tbi due to high intracranial pressures.