Long Island Medical Care Services |
| Head Injury | |
| After you have received emergency and/or immediate care for your problem, the instructions marked below are to be followed. Take prescribed medications as directed and return to Long Island Medical Care for follow-up care as ordered. If you have a problem, call us or come back to see us | |
| 1. | Follow your doctor's instructions. |
| 2. | Call us or your personal physician if ANY
of the following occur after you leave.
Stumbling on ANYTHING THAT CONCERNS YOU |
| 3. | NO MEDICATION, except the medication we ordered for you. |
| 4. | Make sure the pupils are equal and reactive to light every 2-3 hrs. |
| 5. | Make sure the patient is arousable every 2-3 hrs. |
| A concussion is a
transient loss of neurological function such as, memory vision, consciousness, etc. A contusion is a "bruise" of soft tissue or bone. Concussion implies that there was injury to the brain itself. Concussion can be severe and lead to a coma. Therefore, if there is any question of a concussion, please have the patient evaluated by a doctor immediately. |
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