After more than half a century, assessment of acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) is getting a makeover. A newly proposed framework expands assessment of acute TBI beyond the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ...

Objective: To determine the diagnostic value of physical examination (including neurologic exam) for positive computed tomography scan findings in children with closed head injury, Glasgow Coma Scale ...

A coma is defined as a prolonged lack of consciousness or unresponsiveness to stimuli. I Good recovery Resumption of normal life despite minor deficits II Moderate disability Disabled but independent; ...

Kyle Schies arrived at the Reading Hospital inches from death. A motorcycle accident in Tulpehocken Township in August left him with a traumatic brain injury and fractures in three of his limbs. On ...

Children are very vulnerable to severe injury from the use of quad bikes, also known as ATVs, finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Open. Nearly half of all patients who are admitted ...

Air ambulance pre-hospital care (HEMS) may make surviving critical injury more likely as it's associated with saving five more lives than would be expected in every 100 major trauma cases, suggests an ...