Traumatic Brain Injury Traumatic brain injury‚ also called acquired brain injury or simply head injury‚ is a result of a sudden blow to the head when an external force is applied causing a disruption of the physiological stability of the brain locally. It can also occur when an object pierces the skull and enters the brain tissue and when elevation in the intracranial pressure occurs and potentially dramatic changes in the blood flow within and to the brain. These changes may produce a diminished
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2000’s‚ cheerleading was considered one of the most dangerous school activities. The main source of injuries come from stunting...injuries can be as serious as whiplash‚ broken necks‚ broken vertebra‚ and death” (Wikipedia contributors). “There were two fatal injuries‚ 13 that led to paralysis and 29 very serious head or spinal injuries without paralysis” (Hughes) . II: prevention: “Most injuries occur due to lack of training” (Hughes). Only 3% of the 2.9 million female high school athletics in
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A concrete culvert separates water into a canal that feeds marshes behind Breton Sound. Breton Sound has been losing land but this diversion has shown to increase marsh and freshwater plant acreage. Coast 2050 also recommended that federal agencies should dredge souls and old sand bars to create new marshlands. Other things that were recommended were to plug up the Mississippi Gulf Outlet‚ and to build up barrier islands which are the first and main defense against hurricanes. But the cost for these
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disrupted by the greed and disregard of the white men who felt entitled to the gold of the Black Hills and invaded the territory; laying railroad‚ depleting resources‚ and forcibly driving the Indians from their homeland. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is an HBO production directed by Yves Simoneau and based on the final two chapters of Dee Brown’s identically titled best-seller. It shares the heart-wrenching story of the American Indian’s legendary resistance against the U.S. Government’s oppressive
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In The Shadow Of The Wounded Knee by Alexandra Fuller is an article which talks about the Wounded Knee tribe‚ and what historical events against them have led the people left from the tribe‚ to today. This paper was mostly an interview with Alex White Plume‚ a 60 year old man who lives near wounded knee creek. Talking about what he lives by‚ and what he and his tribe have had to overcome. In the beginning‚ the article Talks about Alex White Plume‚ and his “low THC” hemp farm. This was important
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The term injury truly signifies ’an injury’ in old Greek‚ and alludes‚ in its unique sense‚ to a physical injury. The term was later utilized as a part of the analysis of Sigmund Freud to mean a specific mental wonder. As per scholarly scholar Cathy Caruth‚ an injury can be characterized as the reaction to an unforeseen or overpowering vicious occasion or occasions that are not completely got a handle on as they happen‚ but rather return later in rehashed flashbacks‚ bad dreams and other dull wonders
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direct catastrophic injuries to girl athletes at the high school level and 70.8 percent at the college level” between 1982 and 2009. This statistic means that the sport of cheerleading is an extremely dangerous it risks the lives of males as well as females daily. Many cheerleading injuries are quite small injuries range from a torn ACL to a broken neck. Cheerleading also experiences more life threating injuries such as head injuries‚ skull fractures and cervical spine injuries that resulted in “permanent
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“What are the assessment findings associated with injuries of the spinal cord at the thoracic level?” The signs and symptoms associated with a thoracic spinal cord injury may range from respiratory‚ cardiovascular‚ gastrointestinal‚ and urinary complications. If the thoracic vertebrae experience any trauma‚ during assessment the patient may exhibit a loss of physical sensation‚ paraplegia or weakness in the legs‚ bradycardia‚ hypotension‚ or orthostatic hypotension. The patient may also experience
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Knee replacement surgery: A modern approach to get relief from the pain Knee replacement surgery is a surgical procedure where the diseased part of the knee joint is replaced with an artificial implant or material. Since it is a complex procedure‚ it should always be done by an experienced and skilled orthopedic surgeon. The doctors usually advise for knee replacement surgery when the patient can’t perform even the simplest movements in the normal life due to the pain‚ swelling and stiffness. Sometimes
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Neural Plasticity Paper Dijante Fowler‚ Aloysius S Paasewe‚ Lotonya Lodman‚ Amanda Kensinger PSY/340 June 6‚ 2015 Stephanie Sencil-White‚ PsyD‚ PhD‚ LCSW Neural Plasticity in the Recovery Process Introduction Neuro plasticity refers to the ability that the brain has to rewire or reorganize by creating new neural pathways to adapt‚ as it needs. Neuro stands for the nerve cells or neurons as well as the nervous system. Plastic is to mold‚ sculpt or modify. The brain builds new neural pathways
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