helmets: colorado brain safety 2014
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Dr. Marina Usacheva's slides on protecting your head during sporting and recreational activities, youth oriented.TRANSCRIPT
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MARINA Y. USACHEVA, M.D. UNIVERSITY OF IOWASTUDENT HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Be Smart,
Helmet Your Brain
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Snowboarding
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Rollerblading
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Baseball Softball
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What is missing here?
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Helmets, Helmets, Helmets
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Why do we need helmets?
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Injuries do happen
Damage to the brain can affect EVERYTHING
you do, from thinking to moving It can lead to coma and death
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The Brain … What is it and what does it do?
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What does the brain do?
When you're thinking hard, you're using your brain
You need the brain To solve math problems To figure out a video game Play instruments Draw a picture Read a book
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Left hemisphereReasoning skillsSpeakingWritingNumber skillsMovement of the right side
of the body
Right hemisphere Creative skills Imagination The left side of the body Insight Musical ability and
interpretation Awareness of three
dimensions
Cerebrum (Brain)Hemispheres
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The Brain Lobes
Frontal lobeMain movement of
extremities, trunk and eyes
Memory JudgmentBehavior control
Parietal LobeSense of spaceSensationOther movements
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The Brain Lobes
Temporal Lobe Language Plays an important role in
emotions Assists with memory
Cerebellum Coordination Timing
Occipital lobe Vision
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The Brain
Brain stem Breathing Blood pressure Arousal
Did you know that
Human brain weighs ~ 3 pounds ( 1.4 kg)
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Brain Anatomy
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Neurons = Nerve Cells
Neurons have Cell bodyDendritesAxons
Neurons carry messages
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Did you know that…
Human brain is made up of over 10 billion neurons
The neurons are surrounded by the glia (from the Greek “glue”)
Some neurons are over a meter long
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The brain has many different parts that work together
Cerebrum
Cerebellum
Brain stem
Hypothalamus
Hippocampus
Pituitary gland
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Brain development and function
When you learn things, the messages travel from one neuron to another, over and over
Eventually, the brain starts to create connections (pathways) between the neurons, so things become easier and you can do them better and better
Informative routs. Sensory andmotor signals
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Neurons
When you were born, your brain came with all the neurons it will ever have, but many of them were not connected to each other
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Head and Brain Anatomy
Your brain sits inside a hard, bony skull
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Head and Brain Anatomy Layers of membranes
n Dura matern Pia matern Arachnoid
Fluid around the brain provide additional padding
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Layers of membranes Dura materPia materArachnoid
Fluid around the brain provides additional padding
Head and brain Anatomy
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Brain injuries
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Skull fracture Skull fracture= Crack If the sharp edges of a
fractured skull bone press into the brain, they can damage the delicate tissues and lead to bleeding in the brain
One sign of a skull fracture is clear fluid or blood draining from the nose or ears
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Mild A concussion Quick recovery (usually)
Moderate
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Severe TBI
Can do enough damage to knock you unconscious for a longer period of time
A hard blow to the head can shake the brain inside the skull, resulting in bruising, broken blood vessels, or nerve damage
It can even lead to a coma or death
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Healing after concussion
Rest! Rest! Rest! Just like you need to rest your ankle after a sprain,
you need to rest your brain after a concussion. Get plenty of sleep to give your brain time to heal. Stay off the playing field until your doctor gives you
the OK. Getting a second concussion before the first one has
healed can slow your recovery and increase the risk for permanent brain damage
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Coaches, athletic trainers or parents can do initial assessment
However, the people most qualified to diagnose a brain injury are emergency room doctors, pediatricians, family physicians, neurologists and neuropsychologist
Diagnosing TBIs “Invisible injury”
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How Common Are Brain Injuries?
Every year, 1.7 million people have an accident that leads to a traumatic brain injury
Most injuries (~ 75% ) are mild, including concussions
But more serious brain injuries send 275,000 people to the hospital and cause 52,000 deaths every year
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Helmets and Why Do We Need Them?
A type of protective headgear Helmets are made to protect and cushion your brain
from the crash Helmets prevent traumatic brain injury (TBI), disability,
and death
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Do Ski Helmets Help Prevent Head Injury? The Brave Ski Mom (October 15, 2012, CO)
Yes
Research conducted over the past 20 years shows that children under age 15 are more likely to suffer a head injury while skiing or snowboarding than any other age group.
For kids in this group, a helmet can prevent or reduce the severity of the injury by 53%.
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Yes No
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Barriers to helmet use
Peer pressure Cost Inconvenience Poor fit and discomfort Damage to personal appearance Lack of knowledge about consequences of TBI
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Remember
Any helmet is better than no helmet at all Brain injuries do not discriminate and might happen
to Anyone Anywhere Anytime
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SAFETY
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Be Smart, Helmet Your Brain
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Quick Review
http://ww.braininjury101.org/
http://kidshealth.org/kid/quizzes/NSquiz.html#cat20913
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References
http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/ http://www.biausa.org/ http://www.brainline.org/landing_pages/categories/abouttbi.html