Management of Closed Head Injuries in Urgent Care

Date of Original Release: January 1, 2022. Date of most recent review: April 10, 2022. Termination date: May 1, 2025.

Accreditation: EB Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the ACCME.

Credit Designation: EB Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Specialty CME: Included as part of the 4 credits, this CME activity is eligible for 4 Trauma CME credits, subject to your state and institutional requirements.

Needs Assessment: The need for this educational activity was determined by a practice gap analysis; a survey of medical staff; review of morbidity and mortality data from the CDC, AHA, NCHS, and ACEP; and evaluation responses from prior educational activities for urgent care and emergency medicine physicians.

Target Audience: This internet enduring material is designed for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and residents in the urgent care and family practice settings.

Goals: Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: (1) identify areas in practice that require modification to be consistent with current evidence in order to improve competence and performance; (2) develop strategies to accurately diagnose and treat both common and critical ED presentations; and (3) demonstrate informed medical decision-making based on the strongest clinical evidence.

CME Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: (1) identify the low- and high-risk criteria for intracranial injury in patients with head trauma; (2) list the indications for imaging in mild closed head injury; and (3) explain the short- and long-term sequelae of mild closed head injury as well as the importance of appropriate follow-up care.

Discussion of Investigational Information: As part of the activity, faculty may be presenting investigational information about phar-maceutical products that is outside Food and Drug Administration approved labeling. Information presented as part of this activity is intended solely as continuing medical education and is not intended to promote off-label use of any pharmaceutical product.

Faculty Disclosure: It is the policy of EB Medicine to ensure objectivity, balance, independence, transparency, and scientific rigor in all CME activities. All faculty participating in the planning or implementation of a CME activity are expected to disclose to the participants any relevant financial relationships and to assist in mitigating the relationships. In compliance with all ACCME accreditation requirements and policies, all faculty for this CME activity were asked to complete a full financial disclosure statement. The information received is as follows: Update Contributors (May 2022): the author and Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Keith Pochick; and peer reviewer, Dr. Melinda Johnson, report no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. The charting tips author and peer reviewer, Dr. Patrick O’Malley, reported receiving royalty payments from Medline Industries. This relationship has been mitigated by faculty attestation and peer review. Original Contributors (September 2012): Dr. Haydel, Dr. Maynard, and their related parties report no significant financial interest or other relationship with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) discussed in this educational presentation. The following disclosures of relevant financial interest with a potentially financially interested entity were made: Dr. Bazarian, Dr. Papa, and Dr. Jagoda reported that they had received consulting fees from Banyan Biomarkers®. These relationships were mitigated by peer review.

Commercial Support: This issue of Evidence-Based Urgent Care did not receive any commercial support.

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