All posts tagged 'Post Traumatic Amnesia'

Going Home After TBI: Only Vague Memories of Going Home

Posted on December 31st, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Going Home After TBI: Craig Part Eight   In Part Eight, Craig tells us about his experience with going home after TBI.  He has very little memory of this and what he does have is vague. Difficulties with Going Home After TBI Let’s get a sense of time.  You are..
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Elizabeth-Severe and Mild TBI

Posted on November 27th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Elizabeth Part One Although one might reason that a more significant brain injury is harder to recover from than a less severe injury, this is not always the case. Elizabeth suffered from both a major brain injury involving coma and brain surgery and what is commonly referred to as a..
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Followup to Injuries in Jamaica Air Crash

Posted on December 25th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

I was once a news reporter and I understand the process of gathering news, but it is amusing in retrospect what the first reports of a major event look like. Take for example this story in the New York Times about the American Airlines Flight 311 crash in Jamaica on..
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Amnesia in World War I Shell Shock Case Studies

Posted on June 12th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

This post has now been moved to our new site: http://veteransbraininjury.com/combat-amnesia-missed-marker-war-brain-injury/

The Need for Periodic Followups after a Concussion

Posted on April 4th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

As I discussed yesterday, if the person is seen the day after the concussion, there is a fertile opportunity to actually test the injured person’s memory formation, to see if they are in an amnestic period. Yet, no where in the Facts for Physicians Toolkit, does it call for a..
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CDC Acute Concussion Evaluation – Improved Process

Posted on April 3rd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Included in the CDC Facts for Physicians Toolkit, http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi/physicians_tool_kit.htm but not as conspicuous as I believe it should be is the Acute Concussion Evaluation (“ACE”) Form. Click here to go directly to such form: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi/ACE.pdf This form is a major step forward and I wish that it was used comprehensively..
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Amnesia and Brain Injury

Posted on March 25th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

There is no more important issue for the diagnosis and determination of prognosis after a brain injury than the length and severity of amnesia. Amnesia is defined as the loss of memory for events, both before and after the accident. Loss of memory for events before the accident is called..
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