A teen is brought to the emergency department with a headache and complaints of feeling dizzy after a head injury resulting from falling off a bicycle. The physician diagnoses a concussion
What explanation should the nurse provide to the patient's mother?
a. The patient has had a minor head trauma and should recover spontaneously.
b. The patient may need to have surgery to relieve increased intracranial pressure.
c. The patient may lose consciousness before beginning to recover.
d. The patient has had some intracranial bleeding but should recover in time.
ANS: A
Cerebral concussion is considered a mild brain injury. If there is a loss of consciousness, it is for 5 minutes or less. Concussion is characterized by headache, dizziness, or nausea and vomiting. The patient may complain of amnesia of events before or after the trauma. On clinical examination, there is no skull or dura injury and no abnormality detected by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). B, C, and D are more serious head injuries.
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