World Health Organization : Year 2001 ; World Health Organization, Disability and Rehabilitation Team, No. 01.9 - in English: Rehabilitation for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury

By Gary Goldberg

Book Id: WPLBN0000197533
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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 2001 ; World Health Organization, Disability and Rehabilitation Team, No. 01.9 - in English: Rehabilitation for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury
Author:	Gary Goldberg
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Goldberg, G. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Year 2001 ; World Health Organization, Disability and Rehabilitation Team, No. 01.9 - in English. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
Rehabilitation following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complicated and challenging process for the person who was injured, the family, and all of the rehabilitation personnel who contribute to the process. In natural disasters and wars, where there may be many people with TBI, the request arises for a comprehensive approach to deal with the multiple disabilities each injured person experiences. Rehabilitation personnel working in developing countries have also requested information about a comprehensive approach for working with people with TBI. This manual is a response to these requests. The manual is intended for people working in both general health care and rehabilitation services, in both emergency and routine services. It can be used for training personnel and as a guide when working with people with TBI. Personnel may also wish to give this manual to family members of people with TBI in order to help the families to understand the multiple limitations in function that may result from TBI, and to guide them in ways to help in the rehabilitation process.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii PURPOSE OF THE MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 Basic Information About the Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2 What is Traumatic Brain Injury? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.3 Prevention of Traumatic Brain Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2: Understanding Brain injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.1 Immediate Signs of Brain Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.2 Medical Problems After Brain Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2.3 Changes in the Person That are Caused by Brain Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2.4 Helping the Person Learn and Perform Daily Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 2.5 Helping the Person Manage Anger and Frustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2.6 Sexuality and Relationships With a Partner After Brain Injury . . . . . . . . . . 26 3: Caring for the Person With Brain Injury at Home and in the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3.1 Guides for Safe Medical Care and Prevention of Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3.2 Information for Friends and Neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4: Instructions for Helping People With Specific Problems Caused by Brain Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 4.1 Unresponsiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 4.2 Basic Care for the Person With Severe Brain Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 4.3 Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 4.4 Eating and Drinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 4.5 Washing and Bathing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 4.6 Bowel and Urine Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 4.7 Dressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 4.8 Walking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 4.9 Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 4.10 Reading and Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 4.11 Homemaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 4.12 School Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 4.13 Rehabilitation for Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Reference List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105