Characteristics of Pediatric and Adolescent Concussion Clinic Patients With Postconcussion Amnesia.

Objective: The current study examines the demographics, injury characteristics, and outcomes associated with the presence of postconcussion amnesia in young concussion clinic patients.

Design: Cross-sectional, retrospective clinical cohort.

Setting: Concussion services clinic.

Retrospective Validation of a Protocol to Limit Unnecessary Transport of Assisted-living Residents Who Fall.

Abstract Objective. Emergency medical services (EMS) often transports patients who suffer simple falls in assisted-living facilities (ALFs). An EMS "falls protocol" could avoid unnecessary transport for many of these patients, while ensuring that patients with time-sensitive conditions are transported.

Variability in discharge instructions and activity restrictions for patients in a children's ED postconcussion.

Objective: The objective of this study was to describe discharge instructions given to school-aged patients evaluated in a children's emergency department (ED) following concussion.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of children 6 to 18 years evaluated in a dedicated children's ED at a level I trauma center in 2008 following acute head trauma regardless of mechanism, identified by any of 27 International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision diagnoses for head injury, concussion, or skull fracture. Included were those presentations consistent with the Zurich definition for concussion.