Trainee will be able to:

• List life- and function-threatening causes of headaches, including:​

  • Acute angle-closure glaucoma

  • Carbon monoxide toxicity

  • Cervical artery dissection

  • CNS infection

  • CNS mass

  • Giant cell (temporal) arteritis

  • Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (Pseudotumor cerebri)

  • Intracranial hemorrhage

  • Venous thrombosis

• List common causes of headaches that are not life- or function-threatening

  • Tension Headaches

  • Migraine Headaches

• List essential exam steps for patients with headaches

  • HEENT exam

  • Neurologic exam

  • Meningismus evaluation

• Describe indications for CNS imaging and lumbar puncture

• Describe initial interventions for patients presenting with potentially life- and vision-threatening causes of headaches, including:

  • Antibiotics

  • Anticoagulation

  • Reversal of anticoagulation

  • Blood pressure management

  • Glucocorticoids

• Describe initial interventions for patients presenting with non-life-threatening causes of headaches, including:

  • Analgesia

  • Life-style adjustments