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Acquired brain injury (ABI) - ️️injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital, degenerative, or induced by birth trauma Traumatic Brain injury - ️️an alteration in brain function or other evidence of brain pathology caused by an external force Mild brain injury - ️️-AKA concussion -brief or no loss of consciousness -its presentation may demonstrate vomiting, lethargy, dizziness, and inability to recall what just happened Moderate brain injury - ️️-marked by unconsciousness for any period of time up to 24 hrs -will have neurological signs of brain trauma (skull fractures with contusion or bleeding and may have focal findings on and EEG/CT scan) Severe brain injury - ️️marked by a period of loss of consciousness of 24 hrs or greater Incidence/prevalence - ️️-13.5 million americans, 4.5% of population are living with brain injury -TBI is a contributing factor to a third of all injury-related deaths in the US -75% of TBI's that occur each year are mild TBI -2.5 million people sustain a TBI yearly Chronic conditions caused or accelerated by a TBI - ️️-aspiration pneumonia -seizures