Head injuries can transform from seemingly minor bumps into life-threatening medical emergencies within minutes or hours. The brain sits protected within the skull, but when trauma occurs, the ...
Bleeding occurs when trauma damages a blood vessel. When that trauma involves your head—whether the scalp, skull, or brain—it’s considered a head injury. These head injuries range in severity from a ...
The Child and Youth Maltreatment Section of the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) has released a new Practice Point for the assessment of children with suspected traumatic head injury related to child ...