Head injury and anticoagulation

Quick Reference

Who to send to the hospital
NG232 - Head injury: assessment and early management - section 1.2.4

Regarding if on anticoagulation note recent change from “offer” to “consider”
NG232 - Head injury: assessment and early management - section 1.5.13

Position statement on the 2023 NICE head injury guidelines regarding asymptomatic patients on anticoagulation or antiplatelet treatment

RCEM Evidence that long waits in ED contribute to additional deaths.
“which calculates there will be one additional death for every 72 patients that experience an 8–12-hour wait prior to their admission”