Abbreviated Westmead Post Traumatic Amnesia Scale (A-WPTAS)
The ECI together with the Institute of Trauma and Injury Management (ITIM) have developed a statewide Abbreviated Westmead Post Traumatic Amnesia Scale (A-WPTAS) Form. Below is a suite of resources for sites to use to support the implementation, utilisation and evaluation of the form.
*These two templates are also available in MS Word and Excel. If you would like to access these please see below for who to contact.
Further References and Resources
- Website - Glasgow Coma Scale - a structured approach
- Meares et al. (2011) Validation of the Abbreviated Westmead Post-traumatic Amnesia Scale: A brief measure to identify acute cognitive impairment in mild traumatic brain injury
- Meares et al. (2015) Identifying Posttraumatic Amnesia in Individuals With a Glasgow Coma Scale of 15 After Mild Traumatic
Brain Injury - Tesson et al. (2016) Reliability of the Abbreviated Westmead Post-traumatic Amnesia Scale in children: Impact of age on test results
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