EMS Medical Director Williamson County EMS Georgetown, Texas
Description: We’ve all had headaches. Because most of them are benign and get better with over-the-counter medications or time, we might be tempted to think all EMS calls for headache are benign, too. Unfortunately, there are some headaches that are life threatening. Dr. Jarvis will discuss the differential diagnosis of headaches as well as a “red flag” approach to picking up the “can’t miss” headaches. He will also discuss the most appropriate management of headaches and draw on his recent research to demonstrate that EMS has a lot of room to improve when it comes to headache management.
Learning Objectives:
Form an appropriate differential diagnosis for headache
List the “red flags” of headache characteristics
Describe an evidenced-based approach to headache management
Describe the rate of EMS use of evidenced-based headache management
Describe the impact of implementing a specific headache protocol for EMS
