Each year, one in three adults over the age of 65 has a fall. These falls lead to half a million Canadian emergency department patient visits annually and falls in older adults account for more than 3% of all emergency department visits. We have created a rapid, simple bedside test (known as a decision rule) to guide emergency physicians on when older adults should have a brain scan to diagnose traumatic brain bleeding. We will check this this decision rule works well in guiding who needs a brain scan.
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Clinically Important Intracranial Bleeding
Timeframe: 30 days
Natasha Clayton, Clinical Trial Manager, CRA, RA