Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain Injury
What Is Trumatic Brain Injury
Were Can i get care for TBI?
The Veterans Health Administration has a Polytrauma System of Care to treat and care for Veterans with TBI alone or in combination with other injuries and health conditions.
Depending on their health care needs, Veterans with TBI can receive treatment at one of the specialized rehabilitation programs in the Polytrauma System of Care, or they can seek treatment through their local VA Medical Center or community healthcare providers.
Treatments for TBI focus on the symptoms that cause most problems in everyday life. These can include:
- Medications;
- Learning strategies to deal with health, cognitive, and behavioral problems;
- Rehabilitation therapies (such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language therapy);
- Assistive devices and technologies.
Inside Of The Brain.
Brain Damage.
In the European Union, brain injury accounts for one million hospital admissions per year.
Causes of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Motor Vehicle Crashes account for 50% of all TBIs. This includes autos, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians hit by vehicles.
- The leading causes of TBI vary by age: falls are the leading cause of TBI among persons aged 65 years and older; transportation is the leading cause of TBI among persons under the age of 65 years.
- Estimates suggest that sports related brain injury accounts for close to 300,000 injuries each year, with winter sports such as skiing and ice-skating accounting for close to 20,000 brain injurie
Brain Injury
Every 23 seconds, one person in the U.S. sustains a brain injury
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a silent yet serious epidemic currently leaving 5.3 million Americans with disabilities. This represents over- 2% of the US population; 56,000 victims in Utah alone!
Falls are the leading cause of TBI. Rates are highest for children aged 0-4 years and for adults aged 75 years and older.
Motor vehicle-traffic injury is the leading cause of TBI-related death. Rates are highest for adults aged 20-24 years.
There was a 62% increase in fall-related TBI seen in emergency departments among children aged 14 years and younger from 2002 to 2006.
What Are Consequences Of TBI?
Meaning Of (TBI)
How serve is a TBI?
Severity of the TBI is determined at the time of the injury and is based on:
- Length of the loss of consciousness
- Length of memory loss or disorientation
- How responsive the individual was after the injury, for example, whether they were able to follow commands
The severity of the injury ranges from mild (a brief disorientation or loss of consciousness) to severe (an extended loss of consciousness or a penetrating brain injury, like a gunshot wound to the head). Mild TBI is also known as concussion.
Severity of TBI is a continuum and the particular classification used to designate a person as having mild, moderate or severe injury can be somewhat arbitrary. The severity level has prognostic value, in the sense that persons with more severe TBI tend to have more difficulty making complete recovery. However, it does not necessarily define the person's likelihood of recovery.
Video Of Brain loss
- Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) occurs at the cellular level. It is most often associated with pressure on the brain. This could come from a tumor. Or it could result from neurological illness, as in the case of a stroke.
Brain Cut Open
The brain is one of the most complex and magnificent organs in the human body. Our brain gives us awareness of ourselves and of our environment, processing a constant stream of sensory data. It controls our muscle movements, the secretions of our glands, and even our breathing and internal temperature. Every creative thought, feeling, and plan is developed by our brain. The brain’s neurons record the memory of every event in our lives.