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Keep track of your child’s concussion symptoms, and share them with the doctor. This may help the doctor identify the best treatment for your child’s symptoms. You may also need to take your child to see a specialist experienced in treating brain injuries. Ask your child’s doctor for names of brain injury specialists in your area.
Define acute and subacute management of concussion (mild traumatic brain injury) and post concussive syndrome (PCS) To provide criteria for categorizing head injuries.
Comprehensive care. Several teams at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta work together to treat concussion patients. This multidisciplinary approach helps make our Concussion Program unique. Services include: Emergency medicine. Neurology.
Guideline Model . The project leaders used the Practice Guidelines Evaluation and Adaptation Cycle (see diagram, below) as the model to evaluate and revise this guideline. The need and rationale for a guideline on pediatric concussion had already been established. Glaser Method of Reaching Consensus .
If your child can’t be woken up, call 911 immediately. • Keep the normal sleep/nap schedule. • Make sure your child drinks enough water and eats healthy foods to encourage brain healing. • Your child should play quietly for at least the first 24 hours with NO highly active play (e.g., NO running,
Visual symptoms are common after concussion in children and adolescents, making it essential for clinicians to understand how to screen, identify, and initiate clinical management of visual symptoms in pediatric patients after this common childhood injury. Although most children and adolescents with visual
Keep track of your child’s concussion symptoms and share them with their doctor or nurse. This may help their doctor or nurse identify the best treatments for your child’s symptoms. You may also need to take your child to see a specialist in treating brain injuries.
