TBI Rehabilitation

The term TBI is an abbreviation of Traumatic Brain Injury. As the term suggests, TBI rehabilitation is the rehab available over the traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injury happens when a person suffers from a rapid action accident which results in brain damage. The injury can harm one or more than one parts of the brain. Broadly classifying, there are two types of traumatic brain injuries considered. One is closed head injury and other is penetrating head injury. Generally when an accident occurs, the frontal lobe is injured, as it is the most front part of the brain. It handles some very important functions called as executive functions like decision making, judgment and planning. Therefore, an injury to this part results in the serious damage in the working of the brain. Brain injuries are always considered serious as many of the cases prove fatal. The other brain injuries may lead to brain hemorrhage, loss of walking ability, loss of senses like smell, touch and reaction etc.  Therefore, the main aim of the rehabilitation process is to restore all the functional disabilities of the person which are caused by the injury. It is a time consuming process which generally takes 8 to 9 months to fully recover. However, the recovery time may exceed to 14 months depending on the seriousness of the case. The basic procedure of TBI rehabilitation is mentioned below:1.When a person suffers a brain injury, he is immediately admitted to the hospital and is kept on a life support system.2.The brain physician commonly known as neurologist does primary testing to ensure where exactly injury has occurred.3.The neurologist starts necessary medicines and examines if the operation is required. He also decides primary line of treatment for the patient.4.If required the Brain Surgeons perform the necessary operation.5.After this, the patient is kept under observation for 48 hours. 6.After the advised time of bed rest, the patient is offered rehabilitation course.7.The rehab professionals then take the charge of the patient.8.Meanwhile, the physician is keeping a close eye on the patient’s health with the help of test reports and x ray scans.The basic line of treatment for TBI rehabilitation is as follows:1.Treating in order to stabilize the medical issues related to traumatic brain injury and other injuries.2.Appointments with a psychologist in order to improve the positive attitude towards rehab.3.A rehab counselor helps the patient and his family to understand line of treatment and other related issues.4.Starting the basic rehab processes.5.Preventing secondary complications as far as possible. This helps in avoiding the disturbances in the main treatment and rehabilitation. 6.Complications may include pneumonia, pressure sores and contractures.7.Using of special exercise for trying to restore lost functional abilities like moving, eating etc.8.Speech and language therapist work over the patient for improving the speech quality of the patient.   The TBI rehabilitation has helped many patients throughout the country in their fast and safe recovery and hence in returning them to their normal lives. Most of the leading rehab providers of the country offer the course.