Traumatic Brain Injury

Duration

30 minutes.

Group size

4-6 participants.

Target audience

Medical and nursing clinicians.

Description

This resource kit provides healthcare workers with the knowledge regarding the assessment and management of an elderly patient with a mild traumatic brain injury who is anticoagulated.

Learning objectives

• Identify the older patient risks of injury with low velocity trauma.
• Discuss the challenges associated with using the Australasian Triage Scale (ATS) with geriatric trauma presentations.
• Understand the challenges with assessment in the older population.
• Gain confidence in the safe discharge of patients with mild traumatic brain injury.

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