Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST, Director of Brain Injury
Programs, Northeast Center for Special Care
Guest: Nathan
D. Zasler, MD,
FAAPM&R, FAADEP, DAAPM, CIME, Medical Director, The Tree
of Life Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center in Glen Allen,
VA., Editor of the journal: "Brain Injury," and
chairperson of the International Brain Injury Association.
Time: 32:25
Synopsis: Impairments of Consciousness and States of
Consciousness Including the Vegetative State, is a topic that
has been in the news over the past few years and one that
has generated discussion not only with the public but also
clinicians and professionals who specialize in treating
brain injury. The question of individuals in a vegetative
state was brought to the forefront with Terri Schaivo in
2005 and again recently with reports of enhanced arousal in
some individuals in persistent vegetative states who had
been given ambien.
Dr. Nathan Zasler
discusses
states of consciousness, coma, coma rating scales and gives
an informative introduction to this topic.
Learn more about Dr. Nathan
D. Zasler....continue
Rancho Los Amigos Scale
Rancho Los Amigos Scale
Revised
Glasgow
Coma Scale
Coma Resources
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