11 features which suggest that head injury may be a serious one; head and brain injury is the most serious and important thing to check after trauma.
1. A headache that gets worse or does not go away
2. Weakness, numbness or problems with coordination
3. Repeated vomiting or nausea (early on)
4. Slurred speech
5. Extreme drowsiness, cannot be awakened
6. Convulsions or seizures
7. One pupil (the black part in the middle of the eye) looks larger than the other
8.Cannot recognize people or places (don’t know where you are)
9. Getting more and more confused, restless or distressed
10. Unusual behavior (behaving out of character)
11. Loss of consciousness (blacking out)
*In addition to the above, look for these* danger signs in infants and children:
Won’t stop crying and cannot be comforted
Refuses to eat or nurse
*Watch for these other brain injury* symptoms in the days and weeks after the injury:
Sensitivity to light or sound
Sleeping more or less than usual, or trouble falling asleep
Trouble thinking clearly, concentrating or remembering things
Sadness or being more emotional
Feeling tired, having no energy
Concussion
1. A headache that gets worse or does not go away
2. Weakness, numbness or problems with coordination
3. Repeated vomiting or nausea (early on)
4. Slurred speech
5. Extreme drowsiness, cannot be awakened
6. Convulsions or seizures
7. One pupil (the black part in the middle of the eye) looks larger than the other
8.Cannot recognize people or places (don’t know where you are)
9. Getting more and more confused, restless or distressed
10. Unusual behavior (behaving out of character)
11. Loss of consciousness (blacking out)
*In addition to the above, look for these* danger signs in infants and children:
Won’t stop crying and cannot be comforted
Refuses to eat or nurse
*Watch for these other brain injury* symptoms in the days and weeks after the injury:
Sensitivity to light or sound
Sleeping more or less than usual, or trouble falling asleep
Trouble thinking clearly, concentrating or remembering things
Sadness or being more emotional
Feeling tired, having no energy
Concussion
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