症例 challenge · Emergency / Neurosurgery · teaching

Head Injury CT Decision (Canadian CT Head Rule) · case challenge

Given a case, work through the care pathway step by step; the tool checks each choice and scores you. Decisions and basis are taken from this site's reviewed care pathways.

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Case #1Emergency / Neurosurgery

📋 Case data

ApplicabilityDoes not apply

Data is taken from this pathway's reviewed node text. Work through the pathway step by step.

Step 1 / 1 · Applicability

Does the rule apply?

💡 The Canadian CT Head Rule applies to: GCS 13–15, within 24 h of injury, with loss of consciousness/amnesia/witnessed disorientation. It does not apply (assess directly, CT as needed) to: age <16, anticoagulation/bleeding tendency, post-traumatic seizure, obvious open/depressed fracture, focal neurological deficit, unstable vital signs.

For teaching. Decisions and their basis are taken from this site's reviewed care pathways; for licensed clinicians/trainees, this does not replace clinical judgment or local protocols.