Narrative:

I received the before landing chime. I proceeded to make my announcement and walk through the cabin doing my final compliance check. I got back to the galley just as we started experiencing light turbulence. Nothing out of the norm. I was cleaning up my last couple service items in the galley when we experienced 1 major drop. I was thrown into the galley counter where I hit my head; arm and leg. The flight was turbulent the rest of the way. I went through the cabin to make sure all passengers were okay. My captain also called to make sure everyone was okay. I told him I hit my head; but other than that I believed everyone was okay. Then took my jumpseat for the remainder of the flight.during the deplaning process I was informed by 2 passengers that they too hit their heads on the overhead bins. I asked them to stay on the airplane until we were finished deplaning. I notified my captain that we had 2 passengers who may have been injured. He came out of the flight deck to speak with the passengers and had the agent come to the airplane. At this point I walked to the back of the airplane and sat down as my head was hurting really bad. My captain took care of the passengers. One of which denied treatment and the other really just wanted to know if the airline was liable if her husband suffered any injuries. It was later brought to my attention that he was taken to the hospital once inside the terminal.my captain then asked if I was okay I responded with yes my head just hurts give me a minute. He told me he was writing up the airplane and that maintenance would have to come inspect it. He then went into the terminal. A few mins later I walked into the terminal to use the bathroom; I then decided to seek medical attention as the pain was increasing and my vision was blurring in and out. I was taken to the hospital and treated for a head injury and some bruises.I don't believe there is much that could have prevented this incident as we were all just doing our jobs. Unexpected turbulence is just that.

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Title: Dash 8 Flight Attendant reported experiencing head injury symptoms after a turbulence incident.

Narrative: I received the before landing chime. I proceeded to make my announcement and walk through the cabin doing my final compliance check. I got back to the galley just as we started experiencing light turbulence. Nothing out of the norm. I was cleaning up my last couple service items in the galley when we experienced 1 major drop. I was thrown into the galley counter where I hit my head; arm and leg. The flight was turbulent the rest of the way. I went through the cabin to make sure all passengers were okay. My Captain also called to make sure everyone was okay. I told him I hit my head; but other than that I believed everyone was okay. Then took my jumpseat for the remainder of the flight.During the deplaning process I was informed by 2 passengers that they too hit their heads on the overhead bins. I asked them to stay on the airplane until we were finished deplaning. I notified my Captain that we had 2 passengers who may have been injured. He came out of the flight deck to speak with the passengers and had the agent come to the airplane. At this point I walked to the back of the airplane and sat down as my head was hurting really bad. My Captain took care of the passengers. One of which denied treatment and the other really just wanted to know if the airline was liable if her husband suffered any injuries. It was later brought to my attention that he was taken to the hospital once inside the terminal.My Captain then asked if I was okay I responded with yes my head just hurts give me a minute. He told me he was writing up the airplane and that maintenance would have to come inspect it. He then went into the terminal. A few mins later I walked into the terminal to use the bathroom; I then decided to seek medical attention as the pain was increasing and my vision was blurring in and out. I was taken to the hospital and treated for a head injury and some bruises.I don't believe there is much that could have prevented this incident as we were all just doing our jobs. Unexpected turbulence is just that.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.