A traumatic brain injury is a type of injury involving damage to your brain. There is the “closed head injury” that occurs when an object hits your head, does not break through your skull, but still causes injury to your brain because of the hard impact. There is also the “penetrating head injury” that involves an object breaking through your skull and entering your brain. A traumatic brain injury is quite serious and needs a carefully guided and monitored to potentially recover from it. Learn what is involved in recovery for a traumatic brain injury below.
Emergency Treatment for the Injury and Related Injuries
The first step in recovery for a traumatic brain injury is to receive emergency treatment for the head and any other related injuries. Emergency, prompt treatment is usually needed to save the life of the patient so they have a chance at recovery.
Intensive Care Treatment
The next step in recovery for a traumatic brain injury is usually intensive care treatment. Due to the fact that this is a serious brain injury, intensive care is usually needed to allow the patient to have a chance at recovery.
Surgery to Repair the Patient’s Brain and Skull Injuries
As mentioned, a patient with a traumatic brain injury will have an injury to the bran, and potentially damage to the skull as well. The damage must be repaired as much as possible through surgery.
Recovery in the Hospital
After the patient receives surgery for brain and skull injuries, they need to recover in the hospital to allow the surgical procedure to properly heal so the next step can be taken.
Transfer to a Rehabilitation Hospital
This is often needed for patients with this type of brain injury because they will often need to work on walking, talking, and other basic movements, as the injury may have disrupted the neural pathways between the brain and the body’s muscles, thereby preventing movement and even speech.
Moody Neuro provides the resources, programs, and services to enable patients to experience recovery for a traumatic brain injury. Learn more about our programs and services at Moodyneuro.org.
