IT Can Happen To Anyone!
Who Is At Risk Of Sustaining A Traumatic Brain Injury
WHO SUSTAINS TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES?
Males aged 14 to 24 years are at highest risk, followed by infants and the elderly.
Males are twice as likely as females to sustain TBI due to differences in risk exposure and lifestyle.
According to the National Pediatric Trauma Registry, more than 30,000 children sustain permanent
disabilities as a result of brain injuries.
WHEN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY OCCURS
Mid-afternoons to early evenings, weekends and the summer months are critical times during which TBI is most likely to occur.
Children are especially at risk in the afternoon hours after they are dismissed from school. 42.6% of children's injuries occur in roads, 34.3% at home and 6.6% in recreation areas.
CONSEQUENCES
Cognitive: may include short and long term memory loss; difficulties with concentration, judgment, communication and planning; spatial disorientation.
Physical: may include seizures; muscle spasticity; vision, hearing, smell and taste loss; speech impairment; headaches; reduced endurance.
Psychosocial/ Behavioral/ Emotional: may include anxiety and depression; mood swings; denial; sexual difficulties; emotional lability; egocentricity; Impulsivity and disinhibition; agitation; isolation.
The Upper Cumberland Brain Injury Support Group is sponsored by The Brain Injury Association of Tennessee.
The Group Meets on the 4th Thursday of EACH MONTH at 6:30PM at the CRMC Rehab Hospital conference room.The Group is OPEN TO ALL PERSONS WITH BRAIN INJURYS, and their FRIENDS and FAMILY MEMBERS!!
The Rehab Hospital is located one block EAST of Willow avenue between 6th and 7th streets. Enter the parking lot from Whitney (the street running parallel to Willow).
Enter the building through the doors under the drive-thru portico, Which is on the NORTH side of the building (this is the 7th street side, but you can't get to it from 7th street -- only from Whitney,).
Plenty of handicapped parking and wheelchairs are available to get you to the conference room. There will be someone at the door to meet you and lead you to the right room.
We will be very near the patient wing of the hospital, so we need to be quiet and respect that. In the future, patients and their families will be invited to attend our meetings if they have an interest.
See ya there !!
Group Information
For Group Information: Please contact
Brain Injury Association of Tennessee
118 S. Dixie - Suite 28
Cookeville, TN 38501
Toll Free (800) 480-6693
Voice (931) 372-8900 * FAX (931) 372-8935
Email: biatuc@yahoo.com
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