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REMIT OF THE GUIDELINE

This guideline makes recommendations on the early management of adults and children with head injury. The focus remains on the first 72 hours of care, but the growing recognition that this is just the first part of the patient’s pathway has led to a stronger emphasis on how to plan discharge and what advice to give about follow up.

Guideline No. 110, ISBN 978 1 905813 46 9, May 2009

Patient information

	Example advice leaflet for person taking a patient home from the ED		(133K)
	Example advice leaflet for patient allowed home from the ED		(117K)
	Example discharge advice leaflet for carers of children who have sustained a head injury		(132K)
	Example advice leaflet for patients returning to sport after a head injury: a return to play protocol		(121K)
	Example advice leaflet for patient discharged home after admission		(117K)

Supporting material

	Example of head injury observation chart		(255K)
	Neurological assessment using the Glasgow Coma Scale		(785K)
	Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT)		(511K)
	Example of a proforma for routine documentation of head injury in adult patients		(210K)
	Example of a proforma for routine documentation of head injury in children over five years of age		(224K)
	Example of a proforma for routine documentation of head injury in children under five years of age		(223K)
	Example of a neurosurgical referral form		(123K)
	Example of a proforma for routine documentation of head injury in children under five years of age		(223K)

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