impact injuries
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TBI #4
Mom decorated cakes – not just little birthday cakes, although she made those too. She took great pride in making wedding cakes that served over 400 people. After she died, we found an album she had compiled of newspaper clippings – pictures of “her” brides and grooms smiling from behind their giant, frosting-rose-adorned cakes, ready Continue reading
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Case study: 41 year old bike crash survivor
In April 2000, Katherine, a 41-year-old female, was riding her bicycle when a car traveling forty miles per hour hit her. She lost consciousness and was still lying on the ground when the EMTs arrived. She was transported to the hospital where it was determined she was not seriously injured and should be released. Despite Continue reading
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Why is it so easy to injure a brain? Part 1.
Let’s start with the skull. The skull, on a normal day, protects the brain which sits, all glumpy – somewhat like a child’s balloon filled with pudding – in the skull. Because the living brain is nothing like the rubbery, dense preserved brains of science labs and hands-on museums, it needs all the protection it Continue reading
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My Life in Brain Injuries 