Head Injury Adult Tips on Care and Medical Treatment
Information on diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury and PTSD
Tip cards address the consequences of acquired brain injury including coma, communication disorders, headache, post traumatic stress disorders, and seizures. They provide information on uses of medication for pain and improvement of cognitive functioning in adults. Tip cards identify symptoms of head trauma and brain injury to improve identification of undiagnosed brain injuries. These tip cards are helpful for families, survivors, caregivers, service members, veterans, therapists and clinicians in hospital, rehabilitation, community and home settings.
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Brain Injury How to recognize and treat it
Brain injury tbi treatment information and tips for families, caregivers, veterans and clinicians on the causes, symptoms, treatment and recovery of adults with acquired brain injury due to internal and external causes. Using clear language for families and caregivers, this tip card describes treatment of: traumatic brain injury, anoxia (hypoxia), stroke or cardiovascular accidents (CVA), aneurysm, toxemia, viruses and bacterial infections in the brain.
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B101
Price: $2.40
COMA, When a Person has a Brain Injury
Brain injury tip card explains what a coma is and how its severity is measured by coma scales. Gives tips for families for visiting and bedside coma care.
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COMA
Price: $1.80
Adults Living with Brain Injury
Brain injury tip card with checklists for families to identify effects of TBI on physical, social, cognitive abilities and behaviors and assess needs for help.
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ALBI
Price: $2.40
Guide to Medications after Brain Injury
Discusses uses and types of medication for adults and children with brain injury to help with emotional and psychological changes and to improve cognitive abilities.
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GTME
Price: $2.40
How Medications Work after brain injury
Information guide helps families, survivors and clinicians understand the effects of an injury to the brain and reactions to medications after head trauma. Gives tips for discussing medication with a physician when a person has a TBI.
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HMWK
Price: $2.40
Post Traumatic Headache
Information on causes and types of headaches after concussion, traumatic brain injury, head trauma or neck injury. Discusses options for treatment with tips for talking with the doctor about headaches after trauma.
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PTH
Price: $2.40
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
PTSD information describes causes, signs, symptoms and effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after a concussion or traumatic brain injury. PTSD is often seen in service members and veterans exposed to blast injuries but can also occur in civilians hurt in car crashes, natural disasters and other life threatening events.
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PTSD
Price: $2.40
Seizures after Brain Injury
Many survivors of brain injury have seizures immediately after the injury or over time. Common questions of families, survivors and caregivers are answered about the causes, types and treatment of seizures after acquired brain injury.
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SEIZ
Price: $2.40
Communicating with an Adult After Brain Injury
Information with tips on communicating with an adult after acquired brain injury. Explains effects of head injury on speech, language, reading and writing with strategies for improving communication.
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COAD
Price: $2.40
Undiagnosed Brain Injuries in Youths and Adults
Describes signs and symptoms of traumatic brain injury and concussion in youths and adults that are often missed or overlooked. Provides checklists for identifying physical, cognitive, behavioral and social changes that may indicate a possible undiagnosed brain injury or concussion.
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UBI
Price: $2.40