TBI: What to Expect on the Recovery Journey that Follows
1.4 million people experience a TBI in the United States each year. When a loved one has been through a TBI, many aspects of their life will not be the same. After the hospital stay is over, there is often little to no guidance given to caregivers about how life will be different now that a loved one has experienced a TBI. Here we'll break down what exactly a TBI is, what can be expected through the course of treatment for an individual with TBI, and give additional resources that can be used when needed. What is a TBI? TBI stands for traumatic brain injury. A TBI is any abrupt external force that hits the head and causes either temporary or permanent problems. The external force can either be an object that was moving, such as a baseball, tool, or bullet, or the force can be a moving head that hits an object that is not moving (such as slamming the head onto a dashboard in a car accident, or falling and hitting the head on a floor or bathtub.) Temporary or permanent