Traumatic Brain Injury.pptVIP

Traumatic Brain Injury Timothy R. Elliott, Ph.D. TBI facts 5.3 million Americans (just over 2% of the population) currently live with a disability resulting from a TBI 1.5 million people sustain an TBI each year 50,000 die due to TBI each year Every 21 seconds a person in the US sustains an TBI … an acquired brain injury …an injury to the brain, occurring after birth….not hereditary, congenital, degenerative, or induced by birth trauma commonly results in a change in neuronal activity, which affects the physical integrity, the metabolic activity, or the functional ability Levels of Inju