The advice in the NICE clinical guideline covers:
- what should happen before someone with a head injury reaches hospital
- who should go to hospital
- the checks and tests that should be carried out and the action that should be taken once the test results are known
- the care people should receive if they have been discharged from hospital within 48 hours
- the symptoms that healthcare professionals should watch out for after a head injury
- how information should be exchanged between different healthcare professionals
- the information and advice that should be made available to people with head injuries and their family or carers.
It does not specifically look at:
- the investigations or types of surgery that may be needed.
This guideline is an update of the clinical guideline CG4 on head injury that NICE produced in 2003. (more…)