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Accreditation Information:
APPROVAL STATUS | PROVIDER CODE | EXPIRATION DATE |
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Approved | 2025-02-25 |
HOURS | MANDATORY |
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4 | No |
Course Outline:
Course Outline
Hour 1
- Statistics of TBI
- Causes of TBI
- Defintion of substance abuse
- Recover and recurrence of brain injury
- Focal brain injuries, multifocal and diffuse brain injuries, and prevention of secondary brain injuries
Hour 2
- Glasgow coma scale
- Defining vegetative state
- Review in detail the Ranchos Los Amigos Scale
- Most commonly diagnosed physical signs and symptoms of a patient who has a TBI in a clinical setting, including:
- Decorticate, decerebrate and motor rigidity
Hour 3
- Abnormal muscle tone and spasticity
- Muscle weakness
- Decreased functional endurance
- Ataxia
- Postural deficits
- Limitations of joint motion and sensation
- Evaluation should include assessment of
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- 1.Level of arousal and cognition
- 2.Vision
- 3.Sensation
- 4.Joint ROM
- 5.Motor control
- 6.Dysphagia
- 7.Environmental and behavioral factors
Hour 4
- Intervention can include sensory stimulation, effective wheelchair positioning, bed positioning, splinting, and caregiver education
- Evaluation of the following components would include: physical status, cognitive status, dysphagia, vision, perceptual abilities, ADLs, driving, vocational rehabilitation, Psychosocial Skills
- How to facilitate progress of neuromuscular impairments, ataxia, cognition, vision, and perception
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