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Brain Injury Links

• • saints.sqpn.com/blessed-john-licci/ Noted healer, curing at least three people whose heads had been crushed in accidents.

  • www.allabouttbi.com Traumatic brain injury(TBI) is an injury to the brain caused by a blow to the head, a violent shake of the head, or a penetration of brain tissue. Depending on the cause of the brain injury, brain damage can be mild (concussion), moderate, or severe.

  • www.betsysupportpage.com Support, information, resources, help and suggestions for caregivers and survivors of traumatic brain injury from a survivor's daughter.

  • www.bcftbi.org/ The Betty Clooney Foundation for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury has been serving the needs of persons with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) since 1983. The Foundation was named in memory of Betty Clooney. Betty was Nick Clooney and Rosemary Clooney's younger sister, and the aunt of George Clooney. Betty died of a brain trauma caused by an aneurysm.

  • www.bobwoodrufffamilyfund.org Raising money to assist members of the military with cognitive rehabilitation and other health care needs following traumatic brain injury. Helping to heal the physical and psychological wounds of war

  • www.biausa.org Founded in 1980, the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) is the leading national organization serving and representing individuals, families and professionals who are touched by a life-altering, often devastating, traumatic brain injury (TBI).

  • www.biaoh.org/ The Brain Injury Association of Ohio (BIAOH) was established to address the problems faced by individuals with brain injury and their families. BIAOH also supports the professional community, advocates and supporters.

  • www.tbirecovery.org/index.html Dedicated to helping victims and families of brain and other serious injuries. Information, tips, and advice provided by people who have been through the same experience.

  • www.theheadinjurysite.com theheadinjurysite.com provides free guidance and information for people coming to terms with the impact of a head or brain injury. The information and resources on these pages are provided by Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, national leaders in specialist brain injury legal services.

  • www.headinjury.com/ Offers information, reference materials, and self-help resources. Provides links to support and discussion groups, rehabilitation sites, publications and journals.

  • www.braininjury.com/ A medical, legal, and informational resource for persons dealing with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

  • www.brainline.org/ preventing, treating, and living with traumatic brain injury (TBI)

  • www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/9339-1.asp Information on the types, causes, symptoms, tests, and treatment of head injuries.

  • hosting.texoma.net/business/biotech/thia-faq.htm Basic information about traumatic brain injury, coma, seizures, and what to expect from treatment.

  • www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=579&expandnodeid=386 Offers an overview of head injury, its effects, prognosis and treatment.

  • www.jackiepflug.com Powerful, Inspirational Speaker, Airline Hijacking Survivor and Author

  • www.lifeforlauren.org Lauren Marie Richardson is a twenty-three year old woman who suffered an anoxic brain injury after an accident on August 28, 2006.

  • www.nationwidechildrens.org/gd/applications/controller.cfm?page=237&pname=sprofile&service_id=115&section=PFV Accredited by both the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF). We offer a Comprehensive Pediatric Family-Centered Care Inpatient Rehabilitation Program.

  • www.northeastcenter.com A Unique Rehabilitation and Reentry Program Specializing in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Neurobehavioral Disorders, Spinal Cord Injury, Ventilator Care and Ventilator Weaning, Respiratory and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Complex Medical Recovery

  • neurosurgery.osu.edu This web site will familiarize you with Neurosurgery at The Ohio State University School of Medicine, Ohio State University Hospitals, and the James Cancer Hospital. Information concerning the history and services provided by Neurosurgery are provided.

  • www-neuro.med.ohio-state.edu/index.html The Department of Neurology at The Ohio State University is dedicated to improving people's lives through innovation in research, education and patient care. Working as a team, we will shape the future of medicine by creating, disseminating, and applying new knowledge.

  • www.dmoz.org/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Neurological_Disorders/Trauma_and_Injuries/Brain_Injury/Personal_Pages/ A listing of brain injury personal stories courtesy of the Open Directory Project.

  • tbihome.org/ TBI Home is a peer support website for people living with brain injury, their families and friends to support each other by sharing their experiences.

  • www.neuroskills.com Information on brain injury, rehabilitation, long-term assisted living, medications, and current research, from the Centre for Neuro Skills.

  • www.traumaticbraininjury.com The purpose of this site is to educate and empower caregivers and survivors of traumatic brain injuries. This site aims to ease the transition from shock and despair at the time of a brain injury to coping and problem solving.

  • main.uab.edu/tbi/show.asp?durki=85704 The most devastating type of violent injury is from a gunshot wound, which can cause brain injury that is very different from the injury experienced in a car crash or fall. The focus of this newsletter is on brain injuries due to gunshot wound.

  • www.tbiguide.com Information, for survivors and their families, provided on the honor system from Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr. Glen Johnson. Topics include signs of a brain injury, coping with common problems, and dealing with doctors.

  • www.waiting.com Information about coma and brain injury directed at helping with answers and support in those critical first days and weeks, while waiting for someone to awake from a coma.