POSSIBLE
POSSIBLE BY SPECTRUM HEALTH4@ MEDICAL GROUP THE MARCH IS BRAIN INJURY4@ AWARENESS
MONTH AND OUR FRIENDS AT4@
HELENA VOS CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL ARE HERE TO TALK
ABOUT AVOIDING SUCH INJURIES
THEIR TEAM4@ ONLY PEDIATRIC
NEUROSURGERY PROGRAM IN
THE REGION FROM CONGENITAL
NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS TO
TRAUMATIC INJURY OR ILLNESS
TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES IS THEIR MISSION4@
AND PRIORITY. DOCTOR CASEY
MADEIRA4@ CHIEF OF NEUROSURGERY
AND KIM HERNDON IS AN INJURY
PREVENTION4@ SPECIALISTS
AND THEY'RE HERE TODAY TO
HELP RAISE AWARENESS IN DE
STIGMATIZED IN BRAIN INJURY
THROUGH OUTREACH WITHIN
THE BRAIN INJURY4@ COMMUNITY
AND EMPOWERING THOSE WHO
SURVIVE BRAIN INJURY AS WELL
AS THEIR CAREGIVERS JULIET
IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE
WHAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF
HAVING A MONTH LIKE THIS WHAT
WE CALL ATTENTION AND AS YOU
TUNA AS4@ I SAID STIGMATIZED
BRAIN INJURY4@. UNDERS4@TANDING
WHAT BRAIN INJURY AS WZZM HOW
MUCH IT AFFECTS US AND THOSE
ANIMAL IN AMERICA AS WELL4@ AS
SOME UNDERSTANDING HOW TO
PREVENT THOSE INJURIES CAUSE
OF THOSE4@ INJURIES AND WHAT
WOULD WE KNOW ABOUT THE CAUSE
OF THOSE INJURIES AND HOW
PREVALENT THIS4@ IS SURE SOO
UMM. NATIONALLY THERE ARE
A NUMBER OF4@ STATISTICS BUT
SUGGESTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE
THAT A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
OCCURS AS FREQUENTLY AS EVERY
NINE SECONDS WHILE THAT AS
MANY AS FIVE4@ MILLION PEOPLE
IN THE COUNTRY ARE LIVING
WITH LONG TERM SYMPTOMS
AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN COUNT
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO
HEAL SO4@ THAT'S HERE
CONCUSSIONS AND MORE MINOR
INJURIES SO IT'S VERY4@
PREVALENT4@ IS SOMETHING WE SE@
HIM AT THE HOSPITAL SIDE
ESPECIALLY IN SUMMERTIME WHEN
THE KIDS AREN'T IN SCHOOL ARE
TRAUMA ADMISSIONS GO WAY UP
AND IT'S LARGELY RELATED TO
THAT TYPE OF INJURY. SO IS A
REALLY BROAD SPECTRUM WHEN
YOU SAY4@ IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW HE
HIT ON THE HATTER ALL THE WAY
UP4@ TO TRAUMATIC INJURY4@ RIGT
YES SO LOTS OF PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT CONCUSSION BUT I THINK
IT'S NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD
THAT CONCUSSION IS A4@
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. IT
IS A MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURY BUT IT'S A IT'S
A BRAIN INJURY NONETHELESS
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT
THE ONES THAT ARE MORE4@ SEVERE
THAT ARE HARDER TO RECOVER
FROM IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ARE
MUCH LESS FREQUENT AND KIDS
IN TERMS OF THE TREATMENT OF
SUCH INJURIES. I IMAGINE
THAT DIFFERS TO DO HANG UPON
HOW IT WAS4@ GREASY FRIGHT
THE INJURY. ABSOLUTELY JULIET
DEPENDS ON THE SEVERITY. SO4@
THE REAL ANSWER4@ IS THAT THER@
IS NOTHING THAT I CAN DO AS
A SURGEON TO TO TREAT4@
THE BRAIN INJURY BRAIN THAT'S
BEEN INJURED HAS BEEN INJURED
THERE'S NO WAY TO FIX
THAT WHAT I DO MY MAIN ROLE
IS TO4@ MAKE SURE THAT THERE
IS NO4@T WORSENING INJURY
AND IT'S IN THE CASES WHERE4@
THE INJURY CAN GET WORSE
THAT WE HAVE4@ TO TALK ABOUT
SURGERY. FORTUNATELY IN
THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION
THAT'S PRETTY UNUSUAL WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THE THINK FIRST
PROGRAM BECAUSE THIS REALLY
GETS AT PREVENTION4@
AND AWARENESS RIGHT T4@ELL ME
ABOUT THE FIRST PLACE SO
THINK FIRST AS A SCHOOL BASED4@
PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON BRAIN
AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES
WITH4@ THAT WE HAVE ACTIVITIE@
IT'S ALL4@ ACTIVITY BASED SO
THE STUDENTS4@ ARE ABLE TO
WITH4@ THAT WE HAVE ACTIVITIE@ IT'S ALL4@ ACTIVITY BASED SO THE STUDENTS4@ ARE ABLE TO4@
LEARN ABOUT DISTRACTED
D4@RIVING AND PEDESTRIAN SAF4@Y
AS WELL AS4@ HELMET USE
AND WITH. THAT ALSO WE HAVE
OUR VOICES FOR INJURY
PREVENTION SPEAKERS4@
THE SPEAKERS ARE TEENS OR
YOUNG ADULTS THAT HAVE
EXPERIENCED4@ A TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURY OR4@ SPINAL INJURY
AND THEY TELL THEIR STORY SO
THEY SAE THEY SPEAK4@ ABOUT
THE INCIDENT THAT THEY'RE
INVOLVED AND THEY TALK ABOUT
THEIR HEALING PROCESS AS WELL
AS HOW IT'S CHANGED THEIR
LIFE4@. SO THE STUDENTS COME
LEARN FIRSTHAND HOW ONE
DECISION CAN HAVE LIFE
ALTERING CONSEQUENCES. YES
THE DECISION SUCH AS NOT TO
WEAR THE HELMET RIGHT THAT'S
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST4@
COMMON TALK ABOUT SUMMER
BEING A BUSY TIME. A LACK OF4@
A HELMET YOU COULD PREVENT SO
MUCH SIMPLY BY4@ DOING THAT OK
SO WHAT ONE THING WE DON'T
KNOW THE MOST COMMON4@
MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT UM I
THINK IT'S I THINK IT GOES
BACK TO THE QUESTION EARLIER
ABOUT TREATMENT WHICH IS WHY
I SPENT TIME T4@ALKING ABOUT
HOW WE CAN4@ FIX IT SOO
THE ONLY REAL TREATMENT
IS PREVENTION. 4@AND THAT'S WHY
WE'RE HERE. THAT'S WHY FOR
SOMEBODY LIKE ME WHOSE JOB
TITLE INCLUDES SURGEON I
CONSIDER THIS TO BE ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS4@
THAT I DO NOT LET FOLKS KNOW
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