In neurology class today we were learning about acute head trauma. Apparently there are all sorts of guidelines to indicate when to do a CT and when not too. (Remember our healthcare system is intimately concerned about unnecessary expenditures so overuse of CTs is inappropriate... or something like that. I'm not really sure. They actually didn't teach us anything about cost or insurance. God Bless the USA!)**
The "standard of care" suggests following the guidelines established by the Canadian CT Head Rule. The details aren't important, but my understanding was that all Canadians were supposed to get head CTs. Is that not right? Other med students out there, can you confirm?
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