Pd Op 3.3
Emma Field
Health and Social Care Level 3
(PD OP 3.3)
Understanding The Impact of Acquired Brain Injury on Individuals Define acquired brain injury.
(ABI) It is a brain injury damage caused by the events after birth, rather than as part of genetic or congenital disorder. It affects cognitive, physical, emotional, social or independent functioning can result from either traumatic such as physical trauma due to accidents, falls, assaults.
Describe possible causes of acquired brain injury.
Trauma to the head, Brain tumors, strokes, Cerebral hemorrage, Hydrocephalus, Brain aneurysms.
Explain the difference between a traumatic brain injury and other forms of acquired brain injury.
Traumatic – Occurs when an external force causes injury to the brain that external force could be from an car accident, a fall, a gun shot, sports concussion etc.
Other forms – Such as medical brain injury caused by strokes, tumors, hemorrage etc.
Describe brain injuries that are: Mild – Is most common of all head injuries and is often overlooked at the time of the trauma, mainly temporary. Moderate – Loss of consciousness for 15mis and 6 hours or a period of post-traumatic amnesia up 24hrs. Suffer from symptoms tiredness, headaches, dizziness. Severe – Can be a car accident that no external injuries but unconscious and when awakes is unaware of surroundings, can not speak, and sensitive to sound, where as open head injuries are obvious and can be treated that can result to being temporary or permanent.
Discuss initial effects of acquired brain injury on the individual.
The effects on an individual may have problems controlling, coordinating and communicating their thoughts and actions, but they retain their intellectual abilities. The intellectual abilities of an individual with a brain injury are likely to be interfered with the aforementioned thought coordination and communication difficulties which can make hard for them to express themselves in
Health and Social Care Level 3
(PD OP 3.3)
Understanding The Impact of Acquired Brain Injury on Individuals Define acquired brain injury.
(ABI) It is a brain injury damage caused by the events after birth, rather than as part of genetic or congenital disorder. It affects cognitive, physical, emotional, social or independent functioning can result from either traumatic such as physical trauma due to accidents, falls, assaults.
Describe possible causes of acquired brain injury.
Trauma to the head, Brain tumors, strokes, Cerebral hemorrage, Hydrocephalus, Brain aneurysms.
Explain the difference between a traumatic brain injury and other forms of acquired brain injury.
Traumatic – Occurs when an external force causes injury to the brain that external force could be from an car accident, a fall, a gun shot, sports concussion etc.
Other forms – Such as medical brain injury caused by strokes, tumors, hemorrage etc.
Describe brain injuries that are: Mild – Is most common of all head injuries and is often overlooked at the time of the trauma, mainly temporary. Moderate – Loss of consciousness for 15mis and 6 hours or a period of post-traumatic amnesia up 24hrs. Suffer from symptoms tiredness, headaches, dizziness. Severe – Can be a car accident that no external injuries but unconscious and when awakes is unaware of surroundings, can not speak, and sensitive to sound, where as open head injuries are obvious and can be treated that can result to being temporary or permanent.
Discuss initial effects of acquired brain injury on the individual.
The effects on an individual may have problems controlling, coordinating and communicating their thoughts and actions, but they retain their intellectual abilities. The intellectual abilities of an individual with a brain injury are likely to be interfered with the aforementioned thought coordination and communication difficulties which can make hard for them to express themselves in