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Rural head injury care without on-site CT

Management of Adult Closed Head Injury in Rural Queensland Without Hospital‐Based CT : A Retrospective Cohort Study
Emergency Medicine Australasia · Added 27 July 2026

Patients with closed head injury in this rural emergency department had substantial neuroimaging needs despite the absence of hospital‐based CT.

Study type

Cohort

Design

Retrospective single-centre cohort

Participants

118 adults with closed head injury at Dalby Hospital, Queensland

Main finding

50.8% underwent CT (half offsite private, half via interhospital transfer); intracranial haemorrhage in 15.0% of imaged patients; documented observation in 46.6%; driving advice documented in only 6.9% of discharged patients

Caveat

Small single-site sample with retrospective manual record review; documentation may undercount care given

Bottom line

Hypothesis-generating

Learning goal

Improve my assessment and transfer decision-making for adult head injury when CT imaging is not available on site.

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• Topic: Trauma
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