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Acute cBrain cInjury
An cinjury cto cthe cbrain cthat cis cnot chereditary, ccongenital, cdegenerative, cor cinduced cby cbirth ctrauma
Traumatic cBrain cInjury
An calteration cin cbrain cfunction, cor cother cevidence cof cbrain cpathology, ccaused cby can cexternal
force c2 cMechanisms
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*trauma cimpact
* ctraumatic cinertial cforces
Non-traumatic cbrain cinjury
Lack cof cO2, cdecreased cnutrients cto ccells, cexposure cto ctoxins, cpressure cfrom ctumor cor
blockage cor cother cneuro cdisorder
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ABI cPrevalence
2nd cmost cprevalent cdisability cin cU. cS.
* c13.5 cmillion cAmericans
,Children c& cTBI
* non-accidental ctrauma ccause cof c80% cof cdeaths cin cchildren cunder c2yo
* 2/3 cof cchildren cunder c3yo cthat care cabused chave cTBIs
*falls ccause c1/2 cof cTBI cin c0-14yo
domestic cviolence
67% cof cwomen cin cdomestic cviolence chad cTBI csymptoms
Mild cTBI
*concussion
*LOC c> c30 cmin
*loss cof cmemory c>24hrs
*CGS c13-15
*normal cCT cor cMRI
*any cAMS cat ctime cof cincident
Moderate cTBI
*LOC cup cto c24hrs
*neuro csigns cof cbrain ctrauma
* cCGS c9-12
*may chave cfocal cfindings con cCT
Severe cTBI
*LOC c<24hrs
*GCS c 3-8
, Screens cfor cTBI
ACE c- cacute cconcussion ceval
c HELPS
WARCAT c- cwarrior cadministered cretrospective ccasualty cassessment ctool
c TBIQ c- ctraumatic cbrain cinjury cquestionnaire
ImPACT
c OSU cTBI
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JCAHO c(Joint cCommission)
The cnon-profit corganization cthat cassists chealthcare cfacilities cby cproviding
accreditation c3 cyear caward
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CARF c(Rehabilitation cAccreditation cCommission)
The cOrganization cthat coversees cthe caccreditation cof cbrain cinjury
programs c3 cyear caward
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