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Increased emergency department presentations for head trauma following media coverage of a fatal epidural hematoma
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Previous reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on emergency departments (ED) visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen overdose, media report of celebrity suicides, television public announcements for early… read more… Each health department independently reviewed their ED visit data from January 2008 (when possible) through August … visits. The head injury syndrome consisted of any visit with a chief complaint of ‘head trauma,’ ‘head … age. The data were analyzed across all sites by week of visit and age group. Results The figure below shows the …