New emergency response to head injuries in children – Sydney Morning Herald

You dont want to miss an injury and you dont want to do too many scans, Professor Babl told The Age.
The doctors and nurse practitioners who are ordering these scans are trying to do right and, sometimes, it is a real struggle to get that balance.
Professor Franz Babl says clinicians need to balance the use of CT scans with the risks of exposing children to radiation.
The full guidelines run to 250 pages. An accompanying flow chart summary provides a visual checklist for clinicians either triaging,…

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