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concussion, bicycle helmet, proper usage, head injury, intracerebellar hemorrhage, ct scan, indications of head injury, concussion, brain injury, head trauma, a head injury is any trauma that leads to injury, the scalp, skull, brain, injuries, range, a minor bump on the skull to a devastating brain injury, head injury, either closed, penetrating, closed head injury, head sustains a blunt force by striking against an object, a concussion, type of closed head injury that involves, brain, penetrating head injury, an object breaks, the skull, enters the brain, object, moving at a high speed, a windshield, another part of a motor vehicle, every year, millions of people sustain a head injury, most of these injuries, minor, the skull provides the brain, considerable protection, symptoms of minor head injuries, go away on own, than half a million head injuries a year, severe, require hospitalization, learning to recognize a serious head injury, implementing basic first aid, make the difference in saving someone's life, in patients, suffered a severe head injury, organ systems injured, a head injury is sometimes accompanied by a spinal injury, accidents, the leading cause of death, disability in men under age 35, over 70% of accidents involve head injuries, spinal cord injuries, common causes, head injury include traffic accidents, falls, physical assault, accidents at home, work, outdoors, playing sports, head injuries result in prolonged, non-reversible brain damage, a result of bleeding inside the brain, forces that damage the brain, more serious head injuries, changes in personality, emotions, mental abilities, speech, language problems, loss of sensation, hearing, vision, taste, smell, seizures, paralysis, coma, signs of a head injury, develop slowly over several hours, skull is not fractured, brain, bang against the inside, the skull, bruised, a concussion, head, look fine, complications could result from bleeding inside the skull, encountering a person who just had a head injury, try to find out what happened, cannot tell you, look, clues, ask witnesses, in any serious head trauma, always assume the spinal cord is also injured, following symptoms suggest a more serious head injury that, emergency medical treatment, loss of consciousness, confusion, drowsiness, low breathing rate, drop in blood pressure, convulsions, fracture, in the skull, face, facial bruising, swelling, site, the injury, scalp wound, fluid drainage from nose, mouth, ears, bloody, severe headache, initial improvement followed by worsening symptoms, irritability, in children, personality changes, unusual behavior, restlessness, clumsiness, lack of coordination, slurred speech, blurred vision, inability to move one, limbs, stiff neck, vomiting, pupil changes, inability to hear, taste, smell, get medical help immediately person, becomes unusually drowsy, develops a severe headache, stiff neck, vomits more than once, loses consciousness, brief, behaves abnormally, moderate to severe head injury, take the following steps, check the person's airway, breathing, circulation, rescue breathing, cpr, person's breathing, heart rate, normal but the person is unconscious, treat, spinal injury, stabilize the head, neck by placing hands on both sides, the person's head, keeping the head in line, the spine, preventing movement, wait, medical help, stop any bleeding by firmly pressing a clean cloth on the wound, injury is serious, careful not to move the person's head, blood soaks, the cloth, not remove it, place another cloth over the first one, suspect a skull fracture, not apply direct pressure, bleeding site, not remove any debris, wound, cover the wound, sterile gauze dressing, person is vomiting, roll the head, neck, one unit, prevent choking, still protects the spine, must always assume is injured, in the case of a head injury, children often vomit once after a head injury, not be a problem, call a doctor, further guidance, apply ice packs to swollen areas, mild head injury, no specific treatment needed, closely watch the person, concerning symptoms over the next 24 hours, symptoms of a serious head injury, delayed, person is sleeping, wake every 2 to 3 hours, ask simple questions to check alertness, "what is name", a child begins to play, run immediately after getting a bump on the head, serious injury is unlikely, anyone, a head injury, closely watch the child, incident, over-the-counter pain medicine, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, mild headache, not take aspirin, increase the risk of bleeding, not wash a head wound that is deep, bleeding a lot, not remove any object sticking out of a wound, not move the person, absolutely necessary, not shake the person, seems dazed, not remove a helmet, suspect a serious head injury, not pick up a fallen child, sign of head injury, not drink alcohol, 48 hours of a serious head injury, severe head, facial bleeding, person is confused, drowsy, lethargic, unconscious, person stops breathing, a serious head, neck injury, person develops any symptoms of a serious head injury, always use safety equipment, activities that could result in head injury, seat belts, bicycle, motorcycle helmets, hard hats, obey traffic signals, riding a bicycle, predictable so that other drivers, able, course, visible, not ride a bicycle at night, use age-appropriate car seats, boosters, babies, young children, make sure that children have a safe area, to play, supervise children of any age, not drink, drive, not allow yourself to be driven by someone who know, suspect has been drinking alcohol, marx ja, hockberger rs, walls rm, eds, rosen's emergency medicine, concepts, clinical practice, 5th ed, mosby, delee jc, drez, jr, d, miller md, eds, delee, drez's orthopaedic sports medicine, philadelphia, pa, saunders, goetz cg, pappert ej, textbook of clinical neurology, philadelphia, pa, saunders, 1130-1134.