Neurological Assessment Paper

What makes a Neurosurgeon? The money? The type of houses they get to live in? The places they get to go? The car they drive? Sure it could be all of those things. But what really makes a Neurosurgeon? Is it ambition? Is it courage? Is it the aspiration to save lives? Is it the reaction they get after a successful operation? Or is it a dream that they have dreamt of becoming a Neurosurgeon? Well, it's all of those things. I’ve dreamt of becoming a Neurosurgeon since I was in 6th grade. Ambition is one of my traits. I’ve always had the aspiration to help others, but to save lives that’s another level I want to achieve. The reaction I get when I do something great internally is something that I cannot explain. That’s a Neurosurgeon. Neurosurgeons are specialized physicians and their specialty is doing surgery on the Nervous System. Let’s look more in depth at becoming a Neurosurgeon.

Concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) represents the most common type of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Even though this type of TBI is called “mild”, the effect on the family and the injured person can be devastating. Concussions can be tricky to diagnose and there is no specific cure for concussion. There is growing recognition and some evidence that mild mechanical trauma resulting from sports injuries, military combat, and other physically engaging pursuits may have cumulative and chronic neurological consequences [3, 4]. However there is still a poor understanding of concussions and their effects. Studying mild brain injury in humans is challenging since it is restricted to cognitive assessment and brain imaging evaluation. Animal models provide a means to study concussions in a rigorous, controlled, and efficient manner with the hope of further diagnosis and treatment of mTBI.

According to biousa.org, “the term ‘mild brain injury’ can be misleading. The term ‘mild’ is used in reference to the severity of the initial physical trauma that caused the injury. It does not indicate the severity of the consequences of the injury.” On March 7th, 2015 I took a fall off of my horse and got a severe concussion. I could not look at a computer or a phone for a little over a month without feeling like I was going to vomit, I could not even get out of a chair without help for a good 2 weeks, and the symptoms were obviously there and very obvious that I was struggling with them. I was out of school freshman year for 3 months continuing through the summer and into sophomore year. My school did not want to accomodate for me with the

Mild traumatic brain injury may result in subtle physical alterations which lead to cognitive difficulties. Most of these injuries show no alteration on MRI and CT scans, therefore neuropsychological assessment has an essential role in evaluating cognitive and behavioural form of the injury (Belanger, Vanderploeg, Curtiss, & Warden 2007).

There are an immense number of surgical procedures a neurosurgeon has to perform. Neurosurgeons, examine, diagnose and surgically treat disorders of the nervous system. Some of the neurological diseases neurosurgeons treat is brain tumors, neurovascular diseases, cranial base diseases, and pediatric and developmental disorders. Some of the most extensive procedures a neurosurgeon has to perform are treating patients with intracranial tumors, and awake craniotomies (conscious during brain surgery). Despite all the procedures neurosurgeons have to treat; are the surgeries they are performing effective and maintained? Are the neurosurgical procedures up to date so that patients are invulnerable to life

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can result in many neural deficits which result in a lower social cognitive performance. Social cognition can be defined as “an umbrella term that comprises the ability to attend to, process, and interpret social information in order to guide both volitional and nonvolitional decision making and behavior” (Kelly, McDonald, & Kellett, 2014 p. 897). Because social cognition involves working memory, inhibition, and initiation, patients suffering from TBI are likely to have a reduced performance in one or more of these areas which results in reduced social cognition. Results of a 2014 study conducted by Kelly, McDonald & Kellett show that the experimental group suffering from TBI performed lower than the control group on a number of social cognitive tasks including the Social Decision Making Task (SDMT), Awareness of Social Inference

Have you ever considered the benefits of being a neurosurgeon? My career choice is to become a neurosurgeon because I am interested in the human body, and I want to help people get better. To become a neurosurgeon, I need to considered education requirement, job skills, earnings, benefits, employment, and a typical day.

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What do you want to become when you grow up? There are so many choices to pick from. You can become an engineer, a basketball player, a teacher, or a professor, but just think about it. If you enjoy reading about the brain and the nervous system you might like the job I’m about to talk about. A job where you can help the people around you in a big way, a job where you can have something challenging to do every day. And that job is a neurosurgeon.

The topic of brains scans, drug use and teenagers has been of much interest to many experimenters. Drug use can be defined as continues use of alcohol, illegal drugs or the misuse of over-the-counter drugs or prescription drugs leading to negative consequences. This is done by the use of brain scans, including MRI scans; also know as magnetic resonance imaging. This type of brain scan allows scientist to see detailed images of the organs and tissues within your body by a technique that uses a magnetic field and radio waves. The magnetic field temporarily realigns hydrogen atoms in the body and is able to show brain activity. The main point of this type of study is to help predict what a teenagers drug use problem will be, if any, before it

Today, information is anywhere and everywhere. Within several minutes of messing around with your smart phone and you will get practically every bit of information on just about everything. This has created an urban society by which everyone is aware of everything in their own environment and themselves, such as the chemical processes inside their bodies that constitute life. Combine this with the current bombardment by a lot of promotional initiatives that inform us about new products that are proposed to be possible to in enhancing our cognitive functioning, and the possibilities for brain enhancement become very tangible. The array of brain supplements and nootropics is incredibly wide and various. The fundamental question: do they actual

Any type of injury that affects the brain, scalp or skull can be classified as a brain injury. It is also known as a head injury. Brain injuries are extremely common. In fact, it is estimated that two million people suffer a brain injury each year. Fifty percent of people who suffer a brain injury are hospitalized.

Acquired Brain Damage (DCA) is the result of a sudden injury to the brain that produces many consequences of physical, mental and sensory character. These sequelae develop abnormalities in sensory perception, cognitive disorders and disturbed emotionally.

Rebecca Luther 12/10/14 Professor Datta Neuroanatomy Assignment #3 Part A The brain is a complex organ, involving multiple processes and pathways. Laila is able to first guess, and then confirm, that her friends have ordered pizza through a few different processes. The human nervous system plays an essential part in receiving and interpreting all outside stimuli.

During clinical this week, I took care of an 81 year old man who was admitted for having an altered mental status and brain masses. The family was at the hospital and had to quickly make the decision on whether they wanted to go through with a craniotomy and have the masses biopsied to further go through with treatment, or to choose the comfort measures option. Throughout my time at clinical this week, I was able to recognize a neurological decline in this patient’s condition. Throughout this paper, the change in this patient’s condition, my actions, the collaboration with team members, interventions, follow-up care, and the rationale will all be furthered explored.