Point-Of-Care TBI Detection System For Head Injured Patients In The Emergency Department

Exclusion Criteria

• •Subjects will be excluded who have forehead, scalp, or skull abnormalities or other conditions that would prevent correct application of the electrode headset on the skin.
• •In addition,
• •* subjects with dementia,
• •* Parkinson's Disease,
• •* multiple sclerosis,
• •* seizure disorder,
• •* brain tumors,
• •* history of brain surgery,
• •* psychiatric disorder being managed by a psychiatric healthcare professional/provider,
• •* substance dependence,
• •* history of TIA or stroke within the last year,
• •* currently receiving dialysis or in end-stage renal disease,
• •* active fever defined as greater than 100 degrees F or 37.7 degrees C,
• •* current condition is "critical" in the opinion of the investigator,
• •* subject is suffering from an open head injury,
• •* subject requires advanced airway management (i.e. mechanical ventilation), currently receiving procedural sedation medications.
• •Subjects below the age of 18 years, and prisoners will not be eligible for study.