 Brain Injury Rehabilitation Services - Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre Royal Adelaide Hospital |
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| The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Services (BIRS) is a South Australian statewide specialist rehabilitation service, which covers South Australia and also provides services for clients from western New South Wales, western Victoria and the Northern Territory. BIRS includes: The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit (BIRU) which provides inpatient rehabilitation programmes for individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI) who require medical and nursing care. The unit has a 28-bed capacity. BIRU is located within Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre. The Home and Community Brain Injury Rehabilitation Services which offer community and home-based rehabilitation programs from sites based at Felixstow and Fullarton. The Brain Injury Tele-Rehabilitation Service is available to rural and remote country SA clients. Adelaide based practitioners and therapists work with the country patients, family carers and therapists utilising video-conference equipment. The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Services provide specialised rehabilitation programs for adults with traumatic and non-traumatic acquired brain injuries (ABI). Non-traumatic causes of ABI, include cerebrovascular disease, hypoxic brain injury etc.. more... Royal Adelaide Hospital North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, AUSTRALIA Telephone +61 8 8222 4000 Fax +61 8 8222 5170 Last Updated 4th January 2008 |
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What is Brain Injury?
Brain injury can be a devastating disability, and given the brain’s complexity and the differences in the types, locations, and extent of damage, the effects of a brain injury can be wide and varied. Some occur immediately, and some may take days or even years to appear.
The most common after effects of undiagnosed concussion and head trauma are memory issues, drug and alcohol dependency, anger outbursts family violence,road rage and criminality. Any one of the symptoms can alter or devastate a person’s life, and brain injury is made all the more difficult by the fact that it’s often hard to see and just as often misdiagnosed or dismissed as “personality problems” or a perceived mental disorder. But in fact, it is a serious and legitimate illness where sufferers deserve all the help and support they can get.
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The Human Brain
The human brain in an incredible thing! It’s one of the most complex and least understood parts of the human body, but science is making new advances every day that tell us more about the brain.
The average human brain is 5.5 inches wide and 3.6 inches high. When we’re born, our brains weigh about 2 pounds, while the adult brain weighs about 3 pounds.
The brain accounts for about 2% of your total body weight, but it uses 20% of your body’s energy!
It sends out more electrical impulses in one day than all the telephones in the world, and it’s estimated that the brain thinks about 70,000 thoughts in a 24-hour period.
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