Head injury means a mild, moderate, or severe traumatic brain injury and is not intended to include superficial injuries to the head or face that do not involve trauma or potential trauma to the brain.
Head injury means injuries to the scalp, skull, or brain caused by trauma, and shall include a concussion which is the most common type of sports-related brain injury.
Head injury means “Brain Injury,” as defined in these policies.
Examples of Head injury in a sentence
I have read the Coaches Concussion and Head Injury Information and understand what a concussion is and how it may be caused.
I, have read the DPI’s Concussion and Head Injury Information sheet.
I have read the Athlete Concussion and Head Injury Information and understand what a concussion is and how it may be caused.
I have read the Parent Concussion and Head Injury Information and understand what a concussion is and how it may be caused.
By signing this form, you are stating that you have read the Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) and the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) Concussion and Head Injury information sheet and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Information sheet.
More Definitions of Head injury
Head injury means an insult to the skull or brain, not of a degenerative or congenital nature, but one caused by an external physical force that may produce a diminished or altered state of consciousness which results in impairment of cognitive abilities or physical functioning and possibly in behavioral or emotional functioning. It does not include cerebral vascular accidents and aneurysms.
Head injury means an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both, that adversely affects an individual’s educational performance. The term applies to open or closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more areas, such as cognition; language; memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment; problem solving; sensory, perceptual and motor abilities; psychosocial behavior; physical functions; information processing; and speech. The term does not apply to brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative or brain injuries induced by birth trauma.
Head injury means a noncongenital injury to the brain
Head injury means any trauma to the head other than superficial injuries to the face.
Head injury means a mild, moderate, or severe traumatic brain injury and is not intended to include
Head injury. Triage, assessment, investigation and early management of head injury in infants, children and adults.” The NICE guideline according to the Joondalup Health Campus Emergency Department Cranial CT guidelines for Head Injury is the best algorithm for encompassing their current practice. Please see the attached NICE extract document.