Management of cases with head trauma in emergency department

Abstract

Emergency departments are places where anamnesis and physical examination assessment is difficult in some situations. Patients presented to hospital with trauma cannot be questioned due to reasons such as unconsciousness, absence of their relatives, communication problems, and a complete physical examination cannot be done. For this reason, most physicians are prone to missing the injuries associated with head trauma in the emergency department. This leads to increased mortality and morbidity of head trauma cases. Whole body computed tomography (WBCT) scan should be recommended in patients whose clinical evaluation couldn't be completed.

Keywords

• head trauma
• management
• imaging methods