An Advanced Practice Providers 101 Guide to PM&R-APP

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The speaker introduces himself as a physician at Rush University Medical Center and boarded in brain injury medicine. He explains that the purpose of the talk is to provide an introduction to brain injury rehabilitation. He emphasizes the importance of diagnosing the specific type of brain injury, such as traumatic brain injuries, blast injuries, anoxic brain injuries, strokes, brain tumors, and various neurological diseases. The speaker highlights that brain injuries can impact every aspect of a person's life, including gait, cognition, speech, psychiatric issues, vision, hearing, energy, social functioning, and more. The rehab approach involves understanding the specific factors that negatively impact the person's function and developing creative solutions to address these issues. The speaker emphasizes the importance of patient empowerment and addressing the most important problems to optimize function without negative side effects. The goal of rehabilitation is to help the patient regain independence.

Keywords

brain injury rehabilitation

diagnosis

traumatic brain injuries

rehabilitation approach

patient empowerment