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Head injury instructions: a time to unify
J Parsley1, L Fletcher, A F Mabrook
1Accident and Emergency Department, Crawley Hospital, West Sussex.
Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine
|July 1, 1997
Abstract
Objective:
To compare and contrast the head injury advice give by various hospitals in England after minor head injury, and to draw attention to the need for a national set of head injury instructions.
Methods:
50 accident and emergency departments were contacted by post and asked to supply a copy of their head injury information card or leaflet; 41 hospitals replied (82%).
Results:
Comparison of the cards showed inconsistencies and conflicting advice given by the departments contacted.
Conclusions:
There is a need for a national head injury card and a proposal for such a card is presented.