All posts tagged 'traumatic brain injury'

TBI Symptoms:Physical Problems Masked TBI

Posted on January 10th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Symptoms: Craig Part Thirteen  Craig tells about how he had so many physical injuries caused by the accident that the TBI symptoms were masked by all his physical problems. Now, with respect to your arm or shoulder problem, there are physical injuries that you might have had in the..
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Brain Injury Spasticity: Spasticity Problems Missed After TBI

Posted on January 8th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Brain Injury Spasticity: Craig Part Twelve  Craig talks about his problems with brain injury spasticity in his shoulders and his elbowsand  the therapy he received for this.   After you’ve had your neuropsychological evaluation and you get the results in April, they figure out you need some therapy? Correct. So..
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Arizona First To Evaluate Emergency Guides For Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on January 7th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Arizona Mandates Concussion Treatment As part of a special project, Arizona is the only state in the nation where emergency responders have been specially trained to treat traumatic brain injury, or TBI, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS). The department announced Monday that “if you suffer a..
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Frontal Lobe Issues: No Preparation Before Discharge

Posted on January 7th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Frontal Lobe Issues: Craig Part Eleven Craig discusses some of the problems that he is having with frontal lobe issues and how there wasn’t any preparation for this when he was discharged. Amnesia One of the Frontal Lobe Issues While we were off camera, you had some additional thoughts about..
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TBI Seizures: Diagnosed with Severe TBI with Seizures

Posted on December 28th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Seizures: Craig Part Seven  Craig tells us about the TBI seizures he suffered in which the medical staff misdiagnosed and called them “shakes” such as in Parkinson’s Disease.   Have you ever gone back to look at your hospital records before your initial hospitalization and those re-admissions?  Yeah, I..
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Twin Cities Hospitals Launch Helmet Campaigns For Winter Sports

Posted on December 28th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Several hospitals in Minnesota’s Twin Cities have launched “Save This Brain” campaigns to get skiers, sledders and snowboarders to all wear helmets. One of the participants is the Traumatic Brain Injury Center at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), which in a press release Thursday said that it is  reminding winter..
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N.J. Jury Clears Hotel For Guest Brain Damaged In Pool Incident

Posted on December 22nd, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

A New Jersey jury had found that a Ramada Inn wasn’t liable for an incident that left a hotel guest brain damaged when he dove in a swimming pool to save his daughter from drowning, according to The Record of North Jersey. http://www.northjersey.com/news/Jury_absolves_Rochelle_Park_hotel_of_responsibility_in_near-drowning_in_pool.html In Superior Court in Hackensack Thursday, a..
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Before Traumatic Brain Injury: Who Was this TBI Survivor

Posted on December 21st, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Before Traumatic Brain Injury: Craig Part Four   Craig shares with us on who he was before traumatic brain injury and the dramatic changes in his life from before traumatic brain injury to after. At three weeks they think you’re stable enough to go home?  Yes. But you don’t stay..
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Frontal Lobe Damage: Drifting In and Out of Coma

Posted on December 20th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Frontal Lobe Damage: Craig Part Three  Craig Talks about the part of the brain that was damaged that caused his coma that he drifted in and out of.  In his case it was frontal lobe damage. What part of your brain did you injure?  What was the nature of your..
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Jury Weighing Case Of Man Brain-Damaged In Hotel Pool

Posted on December 19th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

A New Jersey jury is deliberating on a suit filed when a man sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI) trying to save his daughter from drowning in a hotel swimming pool, according to The Record of North Jersey. http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime_courts/Ramada_closing.html The civil lawsuit was filed by the family of Robert Smith, 40,..
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