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BRAIN INJURIES IN OUR COMMUNITY What is a brain injury? How much do you know about brain injury? How can we work together to help brain injury survivors?
Brain Injury Is… “A [brain injury] is defined as a blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Not all blows or jolts to the head result in a [brain injury]. The severity of such an injury may range from “mild,” that is, a brief change in mental status or consciousness to “severe,” that is, an extended period of unconsciousness or amnesia after the injury. A [brain injury] can result in short or long-term problems with an individual’s ability to function independently, or changes that affect thinking, memory, sensation, language, and emotions” (Center for Disease Control, 2006). Like a computer, the brain is like the hard drive...if there is damage to the hard drive it affects the rest of the computer.
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Imagine your brain like a puzzle, if you are missing a piece of your brain it will never be quite the same.
Prevalence In Canada each year there are around 18,000 people admitted to hospitals with brain injuries. In Nova Scotia there were 362 brain injuries in 2005, totaling 53% of all major traumas in the province. Risks Following a Brain Injury SeizuresMyths
Brain injured survivors do not remember their past or their family members but remain normal in every other way. Once someone has incurred a brain injury another is not likely. How quickly one recovers from a brain injury is how hard they work on recovering. The Recovery Process
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