Posts tagged "Emergency room"

Concussions are a form of mild head injury that, although most often resolving quickly, require immediate recognition of symptoms and careful management. According to a self-reported study in Pediatrics, most pediatric and emergency room physicians feel inadequately trained to perform important neurocognitive testing to assess the degree of head injury in children. Pediatricians were most likely to refer a child with possible concussion to a sports medicine specialist, a neurologist or neuropsychologist. Many primary and emergency physicians lack adequate training or tools to systematically diagnose children with mild head injuries.