Serious Personal Injury

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Traumatic Brain Injury

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Relevant Terminology and Brain Injury Abbreviations

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Relevant Terminology:

• Concussion - Occurs when the head receives a trauma and the brain is jarred inside the skull, which can end in a period of confusion
• Retrograde Amnesia - Loss of memory of events that preceded the injury
• Anterograde Amnesia - Loss of forward memory after the injury
• Brain Contusion - A bruise to the brain
• Focal Injury - An injury to one part of the brain leaving the other parts intact
• Diffuse Injury - Denotes widespread damage
• Contrecoup Injury - Brain damage occurring at the side of the brain opposite the trauma, caused by the cerebral spinal fluid drifting backwards. If the blow is hard enough, it forces the brain against the back of the skull.

Brain Injury Medical Abbreviations

• ABI - acquired brain injury
• ACRM - American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
• Brain Injury Medical abbreviations:
• CT - computed tomography
• EEG - electroencephalogram
• FMRI - functional magnetic resonance imaging
• GCS - Glasgow Coma Scale
• LOC - loss of consciousness
• MMPI - Minnesota Multi-Phasic Personality Inventory
• MRI - magnetic resonance imaging
• MSE - mental status exam
• MTBI - minor brain injury
• OT - occupational therapy
• PET - positron emission tomography
• PMH - past medical history
• PT - physical therapy
• PTA - post traumatic amnesia
• PTSD - post traumatic stress disorder
• SPECT - single positron emission tomography
• ST - speech therapy
• TBI - traumatic brain injury
• WISC - Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
  

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