Head injury

Learn how to help someone who has a head injury.
Guidance regarding giving first aid in the current coronavirus situation can be found in our News section. Please always consider your own personal safety first when delivering first aid.
Learning objectives
- Learn first aid skills
- Feel confident to help someone who needs first aid
- Feel able to help someone in need of first aid

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What to do if someone has a head injury

Step 1.
Ask the person to rest and apply something cold to the injury (e.g. frozen vegetables wrapped in a tea towel).

Step 2.
If the person becomes drowsy, vomits, or their condition deteriorates, call 999 or get someone else to do it.
Can you help someone who has a head injury?
Learn
These activities help young people learn what to do when someone has a head injury.
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Head injury – learn activity
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Head injury – learner skill guide
Practise
These activities help young people practise how to help someone who has a head injury.
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First aid skill - practise activity ideas
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Head injury - practise role play
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These activities help young people to practise more than one first aid skill.

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