New emergency response to head injuries in children Save Normal text size Advertisement Every child who presents to an emergency department with a head injury should be re-examined by a doctor within two weeks of their initial treatment according to new national guidelines developed by a Melbourne-led research team. The guidelines â the product of a collaboration between emergency medicine physicians, GPs, neurosurgeons, radiologists, paramedics and nurses in Australia and New Zealand â are the first nationally consistent protocols for treating children with head injuries. Jakob Salter, 15, pictured with his father Matthew Salter, was hospitalised with concussion and underwent a CT scan after crashing his BMX bike.