The Brain
What is an ABI
Acquired Brain Injury
This is the command center of the body.
That is the brain?
These are the three general ways TBI can affect a person
What are cognitively, physically, and psychologically?
This is one of the most important items to wear for the prevention of brain injury in children and adults.
What is a helmet?
This is a period of prolonged unconsciousness brought on by illness or injury.
What is a coma?
This is how many lobes of the brain there are
4 lobes of the brain
This is having difficulty storing and recalling information.
What are memory deficits?
This is the first thing you should do when getting in a car. One of the best ways to protect against brain injury during a car crash
What is a seat belt?
Traumatic Brain Injuries can be caused by these things
What is a blow to the head or by penetration of the head from a foreign object. This could happen from falls, car crashes, assaults, shock waves...
This term defines how a person understands the world and acts in it.
What is cognition?
This causes a person to have trouble understanding, speaking, reading, and/or writing.
What is aphasia?
Installing rails in bathroom, improving lighting in home, reducing rugs and clutter, and nonslip bathmats
What are ways to prevent falls in the home?
Acquired Brain Injuries can be caused by these things
What are 1. Closed head trauma 2. Stroke 3. Lack of Oxygen 4. Infection 5. Tumor 6. Surgery
What is the average weight of a human brain?
The average adult human brain weighs three pounds and has a texture like firm jelly.
These cause difficulty planning, focusing attention, and/or juggling multiple tasks successfully.
What are executive functioning tasks?
What is driving while intoxicated?
Where is the Occipital Lobe Located?
The Occipital Lobes are located at the back of the brain.
They have an important role in vision because they allow us to make sense of information that comes from our eyes. This process is known as Visual Perception
This is how long before brain damage if someone goes without oxygen
What is 4 to 6 minutes?
What are attention deficits?
Everyone should avoid driving this way. It could be texting and calling people while driving, applying makeup...
What is distracted driving?