Concussions The brain is a very delicate and complex organ . It is located inside the head and controls everything we do from movement ‚ our five senses ‚ emotions ‚ thoughts ‚ memory ‚ breathing ‚ our heartbeat ‚ digesting food and our speech . The brain is made of a gelatin like substance and is protected by cerebrospinal fluid and the skull . So imagine what would happen to our brain if it would get damaged . Anything that our brain controls could be altered either temporarily or
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time on placement within a rehabilitation ward as part of my common foundation year The ward environment I was working on was a very relaxed‚ small and intimate ward for individuals needing intense rehabilitation due to or following a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The ward consisted of an eight bedded in patient facility with a 200+ out patient facility. Based on the ward was a full multi-discipline team consisting of nursing staff‚ occupational therapists‚ speech and language therapists‚ psychologists
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EVALUATION Client Name: Ingrid Age: 45 Diagnosis: Traumatic Brain Injury Medical/Surgical History: Spent weeks at acute care hospital before admission to inpatient rehabilitation facility. Occupational Profile Ingrid was a social worker‚ wife‚ and mother who live in a two story colonial home with her husband and two daughters‚ aged 8 and 15 years old. She was active in the school of her children‚ serving on committees and volunteering to read in the classroom. In addition‚ she attended to church
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concussion. What is a concussion? A concussion is a brain injury caused by a blow to the head or a violent shaking of the head and body. "The Centers for Disease control estimates more than 300‚000 sports-related concussions occur each year in the United States." (Article One) In teens‚ controversy has come to the point where adults ask: By law‚ a medical professional must sign off before an injured player can go back on the field. If head injuries (more specifically‚
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Fluid Percussion Brain Injury (FPI) Model – Miami: Animals were anesthetized (70% N2O‚ 1-3% isoflurane‚ and 30% O2) 24 hr prior to injury and surgically prepared for parasagittal FPI as described previously.19 Briefly‚ a craniotomy (4.8 mm) was performed at 3.8 mm posterior to bregma and 2.5 mm lateral to midline. A plastic injury tube was placed over the exposed dura and affixed to the skull with adhesive and dental acrylic. The scalp was then sutured closed‚ and the animals were allowed to recover
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Concussions a season ending brain injury. Concussions with one another will probably follow. Concussions are a fatal head injury. Concussions can range from mild to severe. Concussions can disrupt the way the brain normally works. most people who have one concussions will have two concussions. This report will show about football related concussions. How do concussions happen? Concussions happen when there is repeated jolts or bumps to the head causing the brain to be bruised. Concussions can have
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popular kid in school everyone looking up to you being drop dead gorgeous‚ amazing at sports‚ and a bright future ahead of you‚ then waking up one day to have your entire life flipped upside down. I don’t know If any of you know someone with a brain injury or head trauma but I have been influenced by it my whole life. My Aunt Terri was in a horrible crash‚ she was comatose for over three weeks‚ and woke up with the mind of a toddler‚ her story is in nothing short of a miracle. When my aunt was
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there might be an impairment in their arousal when someone suffers a brain injury‚ thus‚ having an effect on the role of recovery in relearning a motor skill (Goldfine & Schiff‚ 1). In athletes who have suffered a concussion‚ they might have problems with arousal. Concussions often occur frequently in sports such as lacrosse or football and can change the ability for arousal for certain athletes. Knowing this‚ it will help me in trying to figure out what best ways to get the athlete’s arousal up
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Name: Research Proposal Dr. Smith Introduction: Head injuries are taking a very big toll on those that have long since left the game. The game of football is exciting and most everyone watches on Sundays to see who wins and who loses. Football players are sustaining head injuries in every game and they’re being allowed to return to the field before the injury has a chance to heal. This causes more problems down the road. Many players are being diagnosed with early dementia
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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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