TBI and its implications: A training video for continuing education for paramedics and emergency medical technicians I.

Abstract: Video features signs and symptoms of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and how they may influence first responder’s management of people with these injuries. Interviews with TBI survivors and medical staff provide in depth information on the symptoms of physical disabilities that can develop because of a TBI; stressing the point that medical professionals need to make a full medical assessment of the individual to avoid any misinterpretation or assumption of behaviors resulting in the mistreatment of the individual. This is the first of a 2-part video. Part two can be found under NARIC accession number O18283. Presentation time: 6 minutes 49 seconds.
Descriptor Terms: AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS, BEHAVIOR, BRAIN INJURIES, EDUCATION, MEDICAL PERSONNEL, TRAINING MATERIALS.
NARIC Accession Number: O18282.  What's this?
Author(s): Roth, Elliot.
Project Number: H133A080045.
Publisher(s): Midwest Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (MRTBIMS), Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 345 Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611; 800/354-7342.
Publication Year: 2011.