About Acquired Brain Injury
About Acquired Brain Injury Module 1
This module provides information about:
- Terminology associated with brain injury
- Impact of traumatic brain injury in Nebraska and the United States
- How different types of injuries affect the brain
Consequences of Acquired Brain Injury Module 2
This module provides information about the challenges faced by survivors of brain injury. Three long-term consequences/issues of acquired brain injury are included: neurological/physical, cognitive, and psychosocial/emotional.
National Center for Disease Control • Toll Free 800.232.4636 •
An on-line source for information about brain injury. Site includes causes of brain injury, research, fact sheets, and publications.
- Updated Blue Book: Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths
- Update Purple Book: Facts About Concussion and Brain Injury: Where to get Help
- Concussion Podcasts:
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome www.dontshake.org
Sports Concussions: ESPN increases Awareness of Second ImPACT Syndrome - May 4, ESPN featured Preston Plevretes, a former La Salle football player, who in 2005, at the age of 19, sustained a TBI when he took a hit while covering a punt at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA on E:60. View the video from ESPN.
