Report of the Working Party on the Management of Patients with Head Injuries

Author	The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Year	1999
Publisher	RCSENG - Council

• Commentary
• Summary of Key Recommendations
• Aims
• Background and Scope of This Report
• Introduction
• Current Practice
• Pre-hospital Care
• Appropriate Receiving Hospital for Head-injured Patients
• Management in the A&E Department
• Investigations
• Management of Patients Needing Intermediate Level Care
• Referral to Neurosurgeons
• Transfer Arrangements
• Management of Patients with Other Injuries
• Management of Patients in Remote Centres
• Children
• Discharge of Patients from Neuroscience Units
• Rehabilitation
• Follow-up
• Medico-legal Considerations
• Record-keeping
• Training Issues
• Prevention
• Research and Audit for the Future
• Implementation
• Resources
• Ireland
• Membership of the Working Party
• Expiry
• Copyright
• Internet
• Protocol for the Management of Head Injuries
• Indications for Skull X-ray
• Indications for Admission to a General Hospital
• Organisations Consulted during Drafting of this Report
• Record-keeping
• Guidelines for the Initial Management of Head Injuries
• Recommendations from the Society of British Neurological Surgeons

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