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- Brain Trauma Research Center - Providing clinical management, research and treatment for traumatic brain and spinal injuries.
- Chris' Story: Survivor of TBI - "Trooper," an Airborne Soldier and survivor of traumatic brain injury offers pictures and text chronicling his life with pride, trauma, struggle, and inspiration. Also provides ideas for therapeutic activities Brain Injury Survivors can do at home.
- Whiplash Injury - Scientific information about cervicocephalic trauma, lesions, symptoms, and recovery.
- Brain Injury Association USA - Promotes awareness, understanding and prevention of brain injury through education, advocacy, research grants and community support services that lead toward reduced incidence and improved outcomes of children and adults with brain injuries.
- Brain Injury Association of Queensland, Inc. - Contains fact sheets on issues relating to brain injury as well as information about support, training, accommodations, mentoring, and referral services. Suitable for caregivers, health professionals and those with a brain injury themselves.
- Brain Injury Association of New Zealand - Provides information, advocacy and support to people with brain injuries, family members, and caregivers. Has listing of branch offices, and offers Social Rehabilitation clinics in a variety of cities.
- UAB Injury Control Research Center - Rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, severe burn or intra-articular fracture. Research in biomechanics, prevention and acute care. Located in Birmingham, Alabama.
- United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF) - Promotes understanding of all aspects of Acquired Brain Injury and provides expert input to UK policy makers by setting up working parties and conferences to discuss any aspect of acquired brain injury. The Forum addresses medical, social welfare, education, housing, vocational, financial, legal, and other issues in which brain injured people and their carers require representation.
- Safety Tips for Farming with a Brain Injury - Article from National Agricultural Safety Database (NASD) talking about special considerations and concerns. Farmers with brain injuries share a list of general tips to help prevent additional injuries.
- Physiotherapy Exercises For People With Spinal Cord Injury - Written for physiotherapists, site enables users to find exercises appropriate for patients with different neurological disabilities (including spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, stroke and multiple sclerosis).
Wikipedia Articles
- Blunt trauma - In medical terminology, blunt trauma, blunt injury, non-penetrating trauma or blunt force trauma refers to a type of physical trauma caused to a body part, either by impact, injury or physical attack; the latter usually being referred to as blunt force trauma. The term itself is used to refer to the precursory trauma, ...
- Physical trauma - Physical trauma refers to a physical injury. A trauma patient is someone who has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury potentially resulting in secondary complications such as shock, respiratory failure and death.
- The Alliance to Save Florida's Trauma Care - Formed in 2003 by Florida’s Trauma Center Hospital CEOs, the Alliance to Save Florida’s Trauma Care is working to establish a well-coordinated and financially healthy trauma system. The care provided at trauma centers can mean the difference between life and death, or the difference between recovery and permanent injury.
- Chest trauma - Chest trauma (or thoracic trauma) is a serious injury of the chest. Thoracic trauma is a common cause of significant disability and mortality.
- NINDS brain trauma research - The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) conducts and supports research to better understand traumatic brain injury and the biological mechanisms underlying damage to the brain, to develop strategies and interventions to limit the primary and secondary brain damage that occurs within days of a head trauma, and to devise therapies to treat brain injury and help in long-term recovery of function.