People who experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can experience a wide range of symptoms, from a headache to death. Often these symptoms are subtle and can be missed by care providers, family members, and coaches. On the next Line One, we discuss traumatic brain injury with a TBI survivor and advocate and her mother.
HOST: Prentiss Pemberton, LCSW
GUEST:
- Annette Alfonsi, Alaska State Coordinator, Unmasking Brain Injury
- Dr. Marie Alfonsi, traumatic brain injury advocate
LINKS:
- Unmasking Brain Injury is an international brain injury awareness organization
- Brain Injury Association of America provides local and national brain injury resources and information
- Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center provides resources for retired and active duty service members
- Is your child returning to school after a brain injury? Get Schooled on Concussions offers guidance on how to manage childhood brain injuries
- Videos from the 2015 Traumatic Brain Injury conference organized by Annette Alfonsi are available on YouTube.
PARTICIPATE:
- Call 550-8433 (Anchorage) or 1-888-353-5752 (statewide) during the live broadcast (10:00 – 11:00am)
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LIVE BROADCAST: Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. AKDT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. AKDT
LINE ONE’S FAVORITE HEALTH AND SCIENCE LINKS:
- Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic offer extensive health information libraries
- MedlinePlus has a guide to finding reliable health information on the internet
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
- Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit and common logical fallacies
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