Sentences with phrase «visits for head injury»

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After completing this training if you are interested in further information regarding concussions, visit the additional resources link to find handy printouts, related articles and supplementary concussion websites such as STOP Sports Injuries and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Head's Up: Concussion in Youth Sports.

An April 2007 Canadian study found that children receiving emergency room treatment for a head injury (HI) are nearly twice as likely to experience another HI requiring medical attention in the next six months compared to children who initially visited the ER for a non-head related injury.

Stephanie Condon of CBS News wrote in her article (dated May 29, 2014) that young people account for around 250,000 emergency room visits annually due to sport or recreation - related head injuries.

This new study of non-military, civilian trauma patients visiting the emergency department builds on recent research conducted by Dr. Samadani, supported through the Cohen Veterans Center, which found that the use of this novel eye - tracking technology could reveal edema, or swelling, in the brain as a potential biomarker for assessing brain function and monitoring recovery in people with head injuries.

Between 2000 and 2010, emergency room visits and hospitalizations for head injuries increased from 521 to 824 per 100,000 people annually.

Unfortunately for many head injury victims, a visit that begins with emergency treatment may end in the ER as well — not because of the extent of the injury, but because ER doctors made fatal mistakes in treating their conditions.

Head injuries account for 62 % of bicycle - related deaths, for 33 % of bicycle - related emergency department visits, and for 67 % of bicycle - related hospital admissions, according to the CDC.

Head injuries were the second most common reason for emergency room visits after an ATV collision

One study of Child FIRST found positive effects on involvement with child protective services at three years.24 There are studies of Early Head Start — Home Visiting (EHS — HV), HFA, Healthy Steps, and NFP that measure effects on emergency room or doctor visits for injuries or ingestions but only NFP showed positive effects.13, 18,25,26