Head Injuries Outcomes Research 
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
FEBRUARY 3, 2024
Excluded: Oropharyngeal trauma combined with other severe head injury or multisystem trauma, not primary research, non-English publication * Intervention: CTA * Comparison: No CTA * Outcome: radiologic and clinical outcomes including infection, injury to vasculature, cerebrovascular injury, and neurologic abnormalities.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
JUNE 17, 2023
Her research interests include optimizing pain treatment in children. Amy Drendel is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and physician scientist at Children’s Wisconsin. She is a Professor of Pediatrics and Interim Chief of the Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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RebelEM
AUGUST 24, 2023
Background: Sports-related concussions are among the most common injuries in children and adolescents, affecting millions of youth athletes annually. Historical practice recommends rest to prevent adverse outcomes; however, evidence suggests strict rest is harmful. Symptom reporting was the most common outcome in the included studies.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
SEPTEMBER 14, 2019
In an attempt to improve resource utilization, emergency department length of stay, limit cost and improve outcomes, there have been multiple Clinical Decision Rules (CDRs) created to help guide clinicians in their decision-making process. The CCHR is the most researched CDR in mTBI [3] and ha.
The Injectable Orange
JUNE 20, 2017
The world is a strange place when we can’t do something so simple when it’s critical, but we do it so well when the outcomes are meaningless. This demands more research.” The ED team had just finished an in situ simulation where the focus was on rapid sequence intubation (RSI) in head injury, and using the new intubation checklist.
Don't Forget the Bubbles
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
One-liner… Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in paediatric populations, and fever is associated with worse outcomes. A 12-year-old boy presents with a significant head injury following a road traffic accident. Four RCTs showed no significant difference in mortality or outcomes.
Pediatric EM Morsels
JULY 21, 2023
We have mentioned the Glasgow Coma Scale in multiple delicious morsels: Minor closed head injuries in <3 month olds and in the rebaked morsel , Blunt cerebrovascular injury , Cerebral edema in DKA , Pediatric Trauma Pitfalls , and Carbon monoxide poisoning.
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