This article covers the symptoms of concussion and the key roles that GPs play in early management. It discusses factors that affect recovery and the advice GPs should give to patients to help prevent escalation of symptoms and to promote earlier recovery. Finally, it describes the ACC funded Concussion Service
WILD CARDS: The rural hospital conundrum
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WILD CARDS: The rural hospital conundrum
Saturday 3 July 2021, 06:00 AM

New Zealand’s rural hospitals are an eclectic bunch, each owned and operated differently. But they have in common perennial issues of sustainability. Amid the uncertainty raised by reform plans, Zahra Shahtahmasebi finds a dash of optimism about the many problems in this part of the health system
During his travels as manager of Mobile Health, Mark Eager finds rural hospitals can be a bit like apple pie.
“Crispy and crunchy on the outside b