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Head Injury Home Care: Neuro Checks

Neuro checks should be performed once an hour, for the first 24 hours in someone with head injury:

Make sure the person can be awakened
Make sure the person can walk
Make sure the person can speak normally
Make sure the person can move extremities normally

Seek medical care immediately for:

Poor mental alertness
Abnormal walking
Abnormal balance
Abnormal behavior
Abnormal pupils
Abnormal speech
Abnormal thinking
Decreased strength in the arms and legs
Repeated vomiting

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Last Updated: Nov 6, 2008 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

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