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Module 1: All About the Brain

Module 1: All About the Brain. What is brain injury?. Acquired Brain Injury. Traumatic. Non-Traumatic. open. closed. Loss of oxygen to the brain (Anoxia) Infections Strokes Tumors Toxic Exposure Substance Abuse/Overdose. Penetrating Injury Gunshot Other Penetrating Objects. Falls

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Module 1: All About the Brain

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  1. Module 1:All About the Brain

  2. What is brain injury? Acquired Brain Injury Traumatic Non-Traumatic open closed Loss of oxygen to the brain (Anoxia) Infections Strokes Tumors Toxic Exposure Substance Abuse/Overdose Penetrating Injury Gunshot Other Penetrating Objects Falls Struck Crashes (MVC) Assaults Explosion/Blasts Other/Unknown

  3. The Human Brain Weighs about 3 lbs. Has the consistency of hard jello Is the body’s biggest organ Controls many of the things are body does – from breathing, walking, talking, thinking Is protected by your skull but can also be injured by the inside of the skull

  4. The Human Skull The skull is a rounded layer of bone designed to protect the brain from penetrating injuries. The base of the skull is rough, with many bony protuberances. These ridges can result in injury to the brain. Bony ridges

  5. What is brain injury? An injury to the brain that is caused by a blow or jolt to the head or body, or a penetrating injury, that disrupts how the brain functions. It can also be caused by a medical incident that causes injury to the brain – such as a stroke, loss of oxygen to the brain, tumor, etc.

  6. How does injury happen? The brain moving suddenly and forcefully inside the skull

  7. What does each region of the brain do? Frontal Lobe • Thinking • Planning + organizing • Short-term memory • Problem solving • Movement • Personality All the things you need to get up and go!

  8. What does each region of the brain do? Parietal Lobe • Sense of touch, taste and temperature • Differentiation of size and shape • Spatial awareness • Visual perception

  9. What does each region of the brain do? Temporal Lobe • Hearing • Language • Memory • Organizing • Sequencing

  10. What does each region of your brain do? Occipital Lobe • Vision • Visual Processing • Processes images from your eyes and links the information with images stored in memory

  11. The Human Brain So we just learned that the human brain is pretty amazing and allows us to do so many things that make us who we are.

  12. How do teens hurt their brains? • Falls • Motor vehicle crashes • Sports • Assaults

  13. Q & A

  14. 200 Day Hill Road, Suite 250 Windsor, CT 06095 Office 860.219.0291 Helpline 800.278.8242 general@biact.org BIACT.org Thank You!

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