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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

We had just received a young child from EMS who was post-ictal with decreased mentation. Simpson 1991] No one system universally accepted like adult standard GCS [Simpson 1991, Jain 2022] “There is an evident need for valid standards of paediatric head injury severity, to permit comparisons of different methods of treatment.”

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SGEM#266: Old Man Take a Look at the Canadian CT Head Rule I’m a Lot Like You Were

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Two of the most commonly used rules include the Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR) and the New Orleans Criteria (NOC); other rules include NEXUS-II , the Neurotraumatology Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, the National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidelines, and the Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee guideline.