Head injuries

A-WPTAS

The ECI together with the Institute of Trauma and Injury Management 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.

• Online Education Package - for NSW Health staff

  Takes you to HETI Online. Log in required. Includes a user guide, decision tree and quiz

• A-WPTAS Form Feedback Register*

• Form Implementation Guide

• Frequently Asked Questions

• A-WPTAS Form

• Form Explanatory Notes

• Audit Tool*

• Audit Tool Explanatory Notes

*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 A-WPTAS References and Resources

Headaches

The ECI has developed a suite of resources on headaches. Click here to view these.

Further Head Injury Resources

• Initial management of closed head injury in adults: clinical practice guidelines, 2nd edition - NSW ITIM, November 2011

  • Full document

  • Algorithm (1 page)

• The management of acute neurotrauma in rural and remote locations - Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 2009

• Mason, S. et al. (2017) AHEAD Study: an observational study of the management of anticoagulated patients who suffer head injury, British Medical Journal Open, 29 March 2017, vol. 7, e014324.
• Paediatric - Head Injury Guidelines - PREDICT

• Patient fact sheets

• Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

• Mild head injury

• Headache (healthdirect)

• Migraines