A traumatic brain injury is potentially one the most devastating disabilities. It not only affects the person suffering from the injury but can turn whole families upside down. The range and severity of problems arising from a brain injury will vary significantly from person to person because every person’s brain injury varies in the extent and location of the damage. Some of the affects of a brain injury are not immediately obvious and only become apparent as time progresses. The following are
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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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Severe and Multiple Disabilities Case Study Sarina never had the opportunity to go preschool an didn’t begin her formal education in the public schools until the age of 6. She is now 15 years old and goes to Eastmont Junior High. Sarina does not verbally speak‚ walk‚ hear‚ or see. Professionals have used several labels to describe her‚ including severely disabled‚ severely multiple handicapped‚ deaf-blind and profoundly mentally retarded. Sarina has a support team of administrators‚ teachers
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How can traumatic brain injuries due to sports be avoided in young adolescents and teenagers? Sports of any make or type are part of today’s society. Sporting events are televised worldwide for its entertaining pleasures. Remember watching football before the year 2000 and seeing all the great hits and blocks that we all came to love and enjoy watching? Hearing the words from the commentators‚ “he got the wind knocked out of him‚” when the players were slammed to the ground as part of the game
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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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is 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
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The largest portion of the human brain is the cerebrum. Also known as the cortex‚ the cerebrum is involved with higher brain functions like thought and action. The cerebral cortex has four lobes – the frontal lobe‚ the parietal lobe‚ temporal lobe‚ and the occipital lobe (“Brain Structures and their Functions‚” n.d.; “Frontal Lobe - The Brain Made Simple‚” n.d.). The frontal lobe performs executive functions. These functions include initiation‚ inhibition‚ purposive action‚ volition‚ planning‚ reasoning
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Traumatic Brain Injury is a nondegenerative and noncongenitally insult to the brain from an external mechanical force possibly leading to permanent or temporary impairment of cognitive‚ physical‚ and psychosis functions‚ with an associated diminished or altered state of consciousness. The diagnosis for TBI is often self-evident. Health care providers may use one or more tests that assess a person’s physical injuries‚ brain‚ nerve functioning‚ and level of consciousness. The focus is on lifesaving
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first article titled‚ “Traumatic brain injury‚ PTSD‚ and current suicidal ideation among Iraq and Afghanistan U. S. veterans” are Wisco‚ Blair E.‚ Marx‚ Brian P.‚ Holowka‚ Darren W.‚ Vasterling‚ Jennifer J.‚ Han‚ Sohyun C.‚ Chen‚ May S.‚ Gradus‚ Jaimie L.‚ Nock‚ Matthew K.‚ Rosen‚ Raymond C. and Keane‚ Terence M. The article is found in the Journal of Traumatic Stress‚ Vol 27(2)‚ Apr‚ 2014. pp. 244-248. The authors of the second article titled “Suicide and traumatic brain injury among individuals seeking
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