What is the initial treatment for a head injury?!
Question: What is the initial treatment for a head injury.?
If a person is alert, talking and has no visible signs of injury. Does anything need to be done.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
Beyond contacting EMS a head injury patient who is alert needs no active care, but should be monitored until EMS arrives. Keep the patient seated or laying down resting and be prepared for possible vomiting. While waiting you can do some basic things-
- Any other injuries.?
- Medical information such as medications.?, allergies.?, doctor.?, etc
- Background info such as what happened.?, alcohol/drugs.?, etc
- It's also important to note if there was any initial loss of consciousness- time after injury and duration.
also you can do some basic mental status evaluations by-
- naming 3 items then testing recall at a later time
- checking pupils
- checking the individual's orientation to- person, place, and time
- general symptoms such as vision changes.?, dizzy.?, nausea/vomiting.?, etc
Do not leave them alone in case they go unresponsive and be prepared to protect their airway should they vomit. If you have to leave them alone (i.e. call 911) then place them in the recovery position and return ASAP.
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- Any other injuries.?
- Medical information such as medications.?, allergies.?, doctor.?, etc
- Background info such as what happened.?, alcohol/drugs.?, etc
- It's also important to note if there was any initial loss of consciousness- time after injury and duration.
also you can do some basic mental status evaluations by-
- naming 3 items then testing recall at a later time
- checking pupils
- checking the individual's orientation to- person, place, and time
- general symptoms such as vision changes.?, dizzy.?, nausea/vomiting.?, etc
Do not leave them alone in case they go unresponsive and be prepared to protect their airway should they vomit. If you have to leave them alone (i.e. call 911) then place them in the recovery position and return ASAP.
- DavidHealth Question & Answer