Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Brain Injury/Concussion

Video

"Understanding Brain Injury" Video Narrated by Liz Ayers

Brain Injury Texts

• Brain Injury Mild - Adult (text alt)
  • Brain Injury Mild - Adult Spanish (text alt)
• Brain Injury Mild- Child (text alt)
  • Brain Injury Mild- Child Spanish (text alt)
• Concussion Program at University Hospital (text alt)

Patient Education Resources

• Autonomic Dysreflexia (text alt)
• Bleeding Precautions (text alt)
• Blood Clots - Deep Vein Thrombosis (text alt)
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis - Spanish   (text alt)
• Cast Care  (text alt)
• Constipation  (text alt)
• Dry Sterile Dressing (text alt)
• Energy Conservation and Work Simplification (text alt)
  • Energy Conservation and Work Simplification Spanish (text alt)
• Giving an Injection (text alt)
• How to Take a Pulse   (text alt)
• Multiple Sclerosis Packet (text alt)
  • What is MS - Problems and Treatment - Common Terms
    Energy Conservation and Work Simplification
• Pin Care  (text alt)
• Protect Your Skin From Pressure Ulcers (text alt)
• Seizures  (text alt)
• Signs of Infection  (text alt)
  • Signs of Infection - Spanish (text alt)
• Stages of Skin Breakdown  (text alt)
• Urinary Tract Infection in Children (text alt)
• Urinary Tract Infection in Men   (text alt)
• Urinary Tract Infection in Women   (text alt)
• Wet-To-Dry Dressings (text alt)

From "Total Hip Replacement"

• After Your Surgery (text alt)
• Prevention of Lung Complications   (text alt)
• Adaptive Equipment  (text alt)
• Weightbearing (text alt)
• Maintaining Your Hip Precautions  (text alt)
• Nutrition   (text alt)
• Discharge Instructions   (text alt)
• When to Call the Doctor (text alt)
• Parking and Visitor Information   (text alt)

From "Total Knee Replacement"

• After Your Surgery   (text alt)
• Prevention of Complications  (text alt)
• Adaptive Equipment   (text alt)
• CPM Use -Continuous Passive Motion  (text alt)
• Maintaining Your Knee Precautions  (text alt)
• Nutrition   (text alt)
• Discharge Instructions   (text alt)
• When to Call the Doctor  (text alt)
• Parking and Visitor Information   (text alt)

From "Your Spine Surgery"

• Halo (text alt)
• Lumbar Brace/Corset   (text alt)
• Lumbar Sacral /Chairback  (text alt)
• Lumbar/Jewitt Brace   (text alt)
• Lumbar TLSO - Thoracic Lumbar Sacral Orthosis (text alt)
• Philadelphia Aspen Miami J Collar   (text alt)
• Poster Brace(pdf)  

Personal Hygiene

• Personal Hygiene- "Back to Basics" (text alt)
• Personal Hygiene- Back to Basics - Spanish (text alt)

Other Upstate Links

Traumatic Brain Injury Coalition of CNY

• Resource Guide - Community agencies which helps the brain injured and their families with needed assistance
• TBI Links - Useful outside links to Arise, Enable, SSA and other agencie

Outside Links

Spinal Cord Injuries

• Paralyzed Veterans of America
• Spinal Cord Injury Information Network
• SCI Information Sheets Network

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