Summary: The Benefits Of Coma

The Chart below shows that during 2002-2007, there were 854 Major traumatic brain injuries compared to 887 from 1996-2001. This proved that my hypothesis was correct in saying

According to the Center for Disease Control, traumatic brain injuries contribute to about 30% of all injury deaths. Traumatic brain injuries are classified as “severe” or “mild”. The most common type of TBI is mild and called a concussion. The CDC estimates 2.8 billion emergency

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has affected many people, but has hardly raised awareness; in fact according to Marcia Clemmitt “About 1.7 million Americans suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI) every year…Yet, while they affect so many people, TBI has received little medical-research funding until brain injuries from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan … began to mount in recent years.”(Clemmitt) For such a long time many people were unaware of what traumatic brain injury even meant; Up until a numerous groups of veterans that came back home, from Afghanistan were found to suffer from traumatic brain injuries. Due to the discovery, the people that already suffered from traumatic brain injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a worldwide health problem that can lead to death or long-term disability even in people with mild TBI, especially in young population (Menon et al., 2010). More than 1.3 million visits to emergency department in the United States report for TBI (Faul et al., 2010). TBI can lead to sundry impairments and disabilities in physical , functional, cognitive, emotional and social realms which remarkably reduce health-related quality of life(HRQL) (Scholten et al., 2015: Andelic et al., 2009). TBI can be classified according to it severity into mild-moderate and sever TBI. Mild TBI (MTBI) also termed concussion score for over 77% of the entire reported TBI cases in the United States. About 40% of these cases are frequently

Results indicated that the primary cause of traumatic brain injuries in adolescents between the ages of 14 to 19 were motor vehicle accidents. Unfortunately, approximately 40% of adolescents diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury admitted into a hospital will decease. Alternatively, the leading cause of traumatic brain injuries in ages 10-13 was falls. Approximately 71% of inpatient care for traumatic brain injuries were for males younger than 17 years of age. A consideration for all age groups is that although a cranial injury due to firearms occurred the least out of all categories, this injury caused the highest rate of

The following statistical data from the CDC provided the group with incite as to who is more likely to have a traumatic brain injury and by which mechanism. The rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) related emergency department visits, categorized by gender show that every year men have a higher amount of emergency department visits because of TBIs (concussions) compared to women. Referring to the Appendix G, men’s emergency department visits have increased more than 50% from the years 2001-2010, from 494.6 to 800.4. The rate of women visiting the emergency department because of a TBI accident increased from 349.3 to 633.7, which also increased by almost 50% ("TBI by Sex”, 2014).

The area in the brain that is now damaged will reorganize moving the needed functions to the parts of the brain that are not damaged. In the Big think article, Dr. Charney is talking about how us, as adult have parts of the brain that we don’t fully use. He brought up the fact that prisoners of war who are held captive only have one option and that is to think. Like people living their normal day-to-day routines, they don’t have distractions or resources that allow them to skip the deep thinking and

In Victoria in 2008, 1493 new cases of moderate Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and 1000 cases of severe TBI were recorded, which cost the Victorian healthcare system more than $900 million. Across Australia in 2009, TBI’s cost the national healthcare system over $3.5 billion. Costs included acute and long-term care, lower employment rates, premature death, productivity loss and deadweight loss (The Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative, 2009).

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parindent{ }Traumatic brain injury is a significant health problem in the United States that is estimated to occur in 1.6-1.8 million persons annually (citealt{faul2010}). Diffuse axonal injury is %the most frequently occurring

Brain cells differ from other cells in our body and do not regenerate. Nevertheless, research shows that the brain has the ability to change even after injury (neuroplasticity; for overview see: Demarin & Morovic 2014) and compensate for the lost cells to minimize long-term effects. However, this is only possible if the patient receives treatment in form of brain injury rehabilitation. The attending therapist will create a beneficial rehabilitation plan after the assessment is complete and the impairment magnitude is known.

With all the different experiments and research coming out it has led to the conclusion that physical changes affect the brain more than chemical changes. According to the patient podcast done in class, it has shown that the different injuries that have happened through some sort of physical contact have caused severe or fatal injuries to the brain. Some of the “patients” scans either show a stroke or a concussion that were mostly fatal. On patient 3 there was a severe stroke that invaded her Pons, Frontal lobe, and Temporal lobe. These are some main area’s of the brain that have been damaged, luckily the damage was not fatal, but when she returns to her life she will have many restrictions on her mental and physical abilities. By physically

In the article the author explains MRI testing on people in comas versus regular people was conducted to find connections between the different parts of the brain that control consciousness. Results showed

The coma takes away higher brain functions, thinking capacities and awareness of surroundings, but the usual circulation, breathing and cognitive sleeping patterns are still kept. The coma can take place as a result of extreme injuries (head injuries are most common), or as a product of several underlying diseases or infections; a large variety of causes.

The information in the article When does life end, would apply to anyone who was contemplating what life preserving techniques they might want to take advantage of. The information in this article may possibly help people understand the differences between the definitions of “coma”, “brain-dead”, and “persistent vegetative state” (Wood, Goodale, 2014, pg. 5). I believe not enough people prepare for