Head Trauma (5%)
One of the most difficult assessments to make is head trauma. The following assignment will assist you in making this assessment and understand the current school recommendations.
Kindly do the following:
Retrieve the you-tube video, Pediatric Exams: Concussion Evaluation, by Dr. Christina Master, CHOP University. Web site: www.chop.edu/video/pediatric-exams-concussion-evaluation
Answer the following questions::
- Define concussion?
- How should you evaluate the child who has had a traumatic injury to the head?
- What questions should you ask the child?
- When should the child be referred?
- When should you call the parent, ambulance?
- Should students be permitted to return to the sport after being concussed?
- What are the latest recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics
Brain Injury Association and National School Nurses Association (position statement)
- List three physical symptoms that would make you suspect that a child has been concussed.
- List three cognitive symptoms that would make you suspect that a child has been concussed.
- What possible social or emotional symptoms might you see?
