Although the number of injuries due to roller coaster rides is low, emergency department physicians should keep the possibility in mind in cases in which there are inexplicable symptoms consistent with head injury,and ask patients about any amusement park visits in the previous 3 months.
Consumer devices that claim to help assess, diagnose, or manage concussion and other head injuries are unproven and illegal, and using them could pose serious health risks.
Annually, an average of 283,000 children aged younger than 18 years seek care in emergency departments for sports- and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries.
A multidisciplinary group of experts, assembled to reflect a team approach to treating pediatric patients with severe traumatic brain injury, have released updated evidence-based guidelines for 2019 to optimize critical care and improve outcomes of critically ill children with TBI
Delayed presentation to the emergency department longer than 24 hours after head injury in children, although infrequent, may be significantly associated with traumatic brain injury.
