A 35-year-old man is brought to the emergency department 4 hours after a motor vehicle collision with loss of consciousness. He is now alert but drowsy. CT head shows a lens-shaped hyperdensity in the right frontoparietal region that does not cross the midline, with 8 mm midline shift. What is the most appropriate immediate next step?

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