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I am also looking to create a Head Alert policy or protocol....I want to call it a H.I.T.T  alert (Head Injury Taking Thinners). Would you be able to send me a copy of your policy?? [email protected]

Alex, we just instituted a "Head First" CT protocol.  We were activating geriatric falls that met certain criteria. The actual NTDB injury inclusion rate was <3%.  So we stopped activating them in exchange for a triage protocol. All geriatric falls within the previous 24hrs, with head strike, and on any antiplatelet or anticoagulant receive non con head and c-spine CT with 30 minutes of arrival. We just started this August first, so data is pending, but it is already demonstrating a decrease in our over triage and door to CT time for head strikes which an internal benchmark for our program.  
Audra