PSY345H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Acquired Brain Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Umbilical Cord
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Stages of treatment in adults: emergency/intensive care, there may be other injuries associated with the brain injury, ex: if you were in a traumatic car collision, there might be some broken bones, ruptures lungs (and might be attended to before brain injuries), one way to know whether or not if an individual has a brain injury is when they are in a coma most likely there is a brain injury. [psy345: lec 9- aquired brain injuries] 3: research says that an individual is still able to perceive something in the coma, i. e. , family talks to them, surround them with music they like, there is a higher likelihood the individual would wake up from the coma, the awakening , individuals woke up from coma when induced, hospitalization, there may be surgeries involves, help the body be strong enough the heal, we may start with the third stage.
