Treatment of Head Injury
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þ Excerpts from "Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury,"
  from the A.A.N.S (American Association of Neurological Surgeons):
        <N-AANS.TXT>

þ Hyperventilation in head trauma:
 - general <T-Head-H.TXT>
 - for prehospital treatment of head injury:
   Letter regarding hyperventilation: <T-Head-P.TXT>

þ Elevating the head:
 - Dr. Marion (Presby) says that it decreases cerebral
   blood pressure by 3 mm for every 1 mm decrease in ICP.

þ NG tubes in those with head trauma:
        <T-H-NG.TXT>