Head Injury Screening : Data Sheet, Study Flow, FAQs
 

Overview: A study designed to evaluate patients who present to the stab room with head injury. This is a feasibility study to determine how many patients with head injury would qualify for an actual study of a drug intervention. The questions read out like an actual study, but this is more of a practice run.
 

Study Endpoints: Data sheet to be filled out for every stab room patient who enters with head injury (trauma). These should be patients with isolated head injury and no other major injuries.

Eligible Patients: Stab room patient with isolated head injury

Study Design: Prospective, observational trial
 

Anticipated Benefits: None
 

Potential Risks: None 
 

Research Associate’s Role: Identify and enroll eligible patients (consent is waived - not needed)
 

Physician’s Role: The RA may need to ask the attending physician or Pit Boss to help them answer some of the questions after the case is over
 

Location of Study Packets: Stab Room. There is an instruction sheet from Dr. Biros posted in the Media Room.