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Head injury management and assessment
🏷️ £135-270
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📍 Online
Course outline:
This webinar provides school-based health staff and other practitioners with up to date, practical guidance on recognising, assessing, and managing head injuries in children and young people. This session will cover immediate response, red flag symptoms, return-to-play/learn protocols, and communication with parents and external services.
Content will be aligned with NICE guidelines and school specific considerations including safeguarding, boarding and out-of-hours care.
Training topics will include:
- Common causes in school
- Initial response/on site assessment
- Red flag symptoms and escalation
- Observation
- Return to play/learn
Learning outcomes:
- Recognise common causes and presentations of head injury in school-aged children and young adults
- Apply immediate and appropriate first response, identify red flag symptoms requiring escalation and document observations
- Implement appropriate return to learn/play guidance and support the injured pupil
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Speakers:
Michelle Edge, Lead Nurse and DDSL, Denstone College
Michelle qualified as a paediatric nurse in 1993 and spent 25 years at the Royal Stoke Hospital working in acute medicine. During this time, she gained extensive experience caring for children with conditions such as asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, and acute medical emergencies. Michelle also supported young people with ongoing mental health concerns and facilitated their transition from hospital to home, particularly with non-invasive ventilation. In 2018, she joined Denstone College, where she became Lead Nurse in 2023. Michelle is dedicated to ensuring pupils with ongoing medical needs receive full support and equal access to every aspect of education.
Emma Durston, Sports Director, Denstone College
Emma Durston has dedicated over 25 years to teaching Physical Education within the independent sector, holding major roles in sport, PE, and games across co-educational schools where sport is a central pillar of school life. Her career reflects a deep commitment to fostering excellence and inclusivity in school sport, underpinned by a belief in its transformative impact on young people.
Currently serving as Director of Sport at Denstone College, a position she has held for the past three years, Emma leads a comprehensive and pupil-centred sports programme. Her leadership is also informed by nearly a decade of experience as a Housemaster, which has given her a profound understanding of the interplay between sport and pastoral care—particularly in the lives of boarding pupils.
Emma has also worked closely with Michelle Edge, Lead Nurse at Denstone College, and the wider medical team to address emerging health concerns within schools. Together, they have integrated a Return2Play system that places pupil welfare at its core, ensuring a safe and supportive pathway back to sport following injury or illness.
