Assessment of head-injured children

Abstract

Adult neurological scales do not always assess conscious levels in head-injured children accurately. A new scale, the Pinderfield scale, has been introduced into the Major Injuries Unit in Birmingham and has found a favourable reception with nurses.

Acquired brain injury: acute management

“…The family play a vital part in providing an accurate picture of a child's ability before an ABI (Williams 1992) to determine if there were predisposing problems or concerns which need to be considered in the management of a child, e.g. visual impairment.…”