title: School Nurses on the Front Lines of Medicine.
abstract: Head trauma is a common chief complaint encountered by school nurses. This article describes the initial assessment and management of head trauma in children and adolescents, delineates reasons that may prompt the school nurse to transfer a student to a local emergency department, and discusses the role of the school nurse when a student is diagnosed with a concussion.
authors: Attending Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA.
authors: Robert P
authors: RP
authors: Olympia
mesh_terms: D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000451:nursing*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D012573:School Nursing
keywords: concussion; head injury; posttraumatic seizures