Assessment and Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury
Summary: Many of those returning from current conflicts had experiences that put them at risk for TBI. Mild symptoms of TBI may be difficult to recognize, or confused with other conditions. Treatment of symptoms may be very different for TBI patients.

Traumatic Brain Injury: An Overview
Summary: Why screening for a history of TBI is important in the human service setting; Ideal rehabilitation pathways for mild, moderate and severe TBI; The TBI, mental health and substance abuse connection; What are the state and national resources available to individuals with TBI, their families and professionals

Facing the Challenge: Lessons Learned from Caregivers
Summary: An estimated 5.3 million Americans- a little more than 2% of the population- currently live with disabilities resulting from brain injury (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) (CDC); 2 million people sustain a brain injury every year; Each year 230,000 persons are hospitalized with TBI and survive

Introduction to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) for Educators
Summary: Closed head – Skull not penetrated (car accident, falls); Open Head – Skull and meninges ... Certain types of difficulties are common in students with TBI ...

Driving (and not driving) after traumatic brain injury
Summary: 40 to 60% of persons with severe acquired brain damage return to driving

Critical Care Management in Traumatic Brain Injury
Summary: 70% victims of RTA sustain TBI; 70% of RTA deaths are due to TBI; Majority death occur e in 72 hrs.; Victims :Young males in productive age group; Children constitute 25-30% of all TBI victims; Loss of life, Rehab of disabled?Sig.Econo.burdn

TBI AND CURRENT EVALUATION METHODS
Summary: “…in railway accidents those passengers suffer most…who sit with their backs turned toward the end of the train which is struck…”; “…are jerked violently against the backs of their seats and thus suffer in the first instance and by the first shock from concussion of the spine…”; “…have led surgeons to consider these cases as somewhat exceptional and different from ordinary accidents.”

Introduction to Traumatic Brain Injury
Summary: 1.5 million cases per year in U.S.; Causes: Motor vehicle accident (~45%), falls (~30%), occupational accidents (~10%), recreational accidents (~10%), assaults (~5%); Highest risk: children, adolescent/young adult men, elderly