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ACEP recruits the field's top experts and thought leaders to develop tools that clinicians can trust and deploy in the clinical setting. The evidence-based, clinical content provided in these tools helps clinicians provide the best possible patient care in the emergency department. Download the ACEP Mobile app to access clinical content and tools for emergency medicine physicians to utilize while providing care in the ED. This tool includes information on the recognition, evaluation and management of mTBI / concussion and other ED relevant topics.

Although headache is the most common complaint in those with concussion, other symptoms including vestibular, vision, and cognitive are often present and can be overlooked during the medical interview. This webinar recording discusses these symptoms and basic strategies for management. 

Understanding: Concussion Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Approaches Certificate Course offers an overview of concussion symptoms, assessment, diagnosis and treatment approaches. The two-hour course is designed for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their foundational understanding of concussion-related issues.  Learners will complete an assessment to test their understanding of the material.

The statement seeks to provide athletic trainers and team physicians with updated recommendations to the 2014 National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) concussion position statement regarding concussion management, specifically in the areas of education, assessment, prognostic factors, mental health, return to academics, physical activity, rest, treatment, and return to sport. The recommendations are intended to update the state of the evidence concerning the management of patients with sport-related concussion, specifically in the areas of education; assessment advances; prognostic recovery indicators; mental health considerations; academic considerations; and exercise, activity, and rehabilitation management strategies.

The study sought to identify trajectories of daily postconcussion symptoms (PCS) from the acute postinjury period to symptom resolution among concussed children and examine demographic factors and acute PCS associated with the identified symptom trajectories. A higher symptom burden at injury was associated with an increased odds of being in the high acute/resolved or high acute/persistent recovery groups than being in the low acute/resolved group, as was a higher symptom severity at injury. Findings may help clinicians identify concussed children on slower recovery trajectories, and implement early, individualized treatment plans that foster optimal recovery for concussed children.

Concussion injuries affect older people, yet little guidance is available on how to approach concussion management with this group. A scoping review was conducted among studies related to the management of concussion/mild TBI in those 65 years and older. The review indicates that little exists about general management among older people. A better understanding of management is needed because older people have distinct characteristics and considerations.