Traumatic Brain Injury: Myths‚ Misconceptions and the Need for Lifelong Healthcare I don’t have a droopy face‚ a steel plate in my head‚ nor am I paralyzed in any region of my body. I have a speech impediment and disfluency‚ cognitive fatigue‚ short term memory loss‚ slow processing of information‚ noise sensitivity‚ and attention deficit. I look “normal” and I have a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Social prejudice and negative perceptions of survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) exist. There
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made to see how severe the injury is within the person. According to Struchen & Clark (2007)‚ the reason for doing this is to see the initial “triaging” and helping with planning with planning treatment. There are three main ways in traumatic brain injury is assessed and characterized. The first is through Loss of Consciousness (LOC) which is done when after a head injury‚ a person may be going through a coma. The longer a person is unconscious‚ the more severe the injury is. What happens‚ is a medical
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Abstract This paper explores the meaning of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and how it affects children and adolescents through their school years. The paper will first introduce what a traumatic brain injury can be‚ how it can be identified‚ and what the affects can be to the students. There will be two peer reviewed journals that speak on types of TBIs. The first article is based around information on Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS)‚ where the second article focuses the impact of post-traumatic stress
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Neuroimaging in traumatic brain injury 1.COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) : While severe and moderate traumatic head and brain injuries often mandate head CT‚ several clinical scales require specific criteria in determining the need for neuroimaging after a mild TBI. These include the New Orleans Criteria (NOC) and the Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR).(45) Both are relatively straight forward and use seven criteria readily obtained in the setting and evaluation of mild TBI. A head-to-head comparison
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Neurogenic Diabetes Insipidus‚ Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone‚ and Cerebral SaltWasting Syndrome in Traumatic Brain Injury Trauma Topic Description: This article focuses on Central Neurogenic Diabetes Insipidus (CNDI)‚ Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone (SIADH)‚ and Cerebral Salt-Wasting Syndrome in Traumatic Brain injury (CSWS). Comparison of lab results and treatments are reviewed. Topic objectives: At the end of this topic‚ the participant will be
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Use of Psychologists in Geriatric Brain Injury Rehabilitation Facility The term brain injury conjures fear any person who has even vague understanding of its meaning. Could greater fear exist among the elderly as they approach age related vulnerabilities due to degenerating physical ability‚ creating higher risk of falls and other circumstances potentially affecting neurological functions? Highlighted here is information related to the benefits of psychological practice within rehabilitation
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Traumatic Brain Injury A description and criteria for Traumatic Brain Injury using DSM-IV-TR According to the Center for Disease Control‚ a traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when an individual sustains a jolt to his head or a piercing head damage that interrupts the functions of human brain. The degree of TBI varies from mild to traumatic. Mild TBI occurs when a person loses consciousness for a short period. Traumatic TBI on the other hand occurs when an individual experiences long-term period
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Concussion‚ a mild traumatic brain injury‚ it may leave you temporarily unconscious and an aftereffect that will leave you confused and incapacity. These head injuries can be caused by violent blows to the head or can also be described as a violent shaking of the head or body. Since studies on head injuries have increased over the past years there has been a lot of attention on concussions‚ how they can be prevented and the affect that it has on the brain. The attention has been so high that the
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Phineas Gage is considered to be one of the severe brain injuries. Gage suffered from personality changes after the brain injury. Gage was injured when excavating rocks to create a path for railroad track. Gage and other employees were injured by rail roads during the construction work. Gage was later treated after the accident as he his brain had been damaged. The accident caused damaged to brain structures and doctors argued that Gage started behaving differently after the accident (Damasio‚ Grabowski
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an injury on 08/01/16. The patient was instructed to attach a large 60-pound filter tank with a pump onto the hitch of the truck. As the patient was unloading the tank‚ the patient lost her grip on the top edge of the tank‚ which weighed greater than a 100 pounds. As a result‚ it struck the top of her head‚ which made her unconscious. She also complained of excruciating pain in the back‚ bilateral shoulders‚ right hand‚ neck‚ and head. The patient was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury with
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