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Brain dead:
 * There is no return
 * Cant live without machine support
 * no responses to anything

Vegetative State:
 * follows coma
 * lasts much longer than a coma
 * more than a month= PVS
 * longer you are in PVS the longer the recovery
 * cognitive part is dead but the brain stem is not damaged
 * have involuntary responses
 * must be watched all the time

Coma: Iraq: Concussion
 * unconscious
 * cant open their eyes
 * deep sleep
 * 4 weeks and then they are considered in vegetative state
 * medication can help to reactivate patients brain
 * can not breathe or eat on their own
 * brain is functioning at the lowest level
 * IED - impravised explosive devise, also called road side bombs
 * The reason they are causing so many brain injuries is because because of a massive pressure change 1000 times regular atmosphere and it hits everyone with in 1600 feet
 * these bombs are very harsh and can hurt your brain very badly
 * TBI - a traumatic brain injury is usually what happens to a person who has been through a bomb
 * Symtoms - headaches, sensitivity to light, memory loss
 * Effects - have to learn how to eat and talk and walk again
 * You can recover from TBI but it usually takes a long time using physical therapy
 * Proection for the brain - blast absorbing pads in the cars, seats and seat belts that are more protected and better padded they are also going to put in padding into the Kevlar helmets
 * 60% of people in the war have brain injuries that go untreated
 * Grade 1 - momentary confusion, lasts less then 15 minutes
 * Grade 2 - brief confusion, between 15 - 60 minutes, you should get an MRI if the symptoms persist resume play after 2 weeks
 * Grade 3 - loss of consciousness for a few seconds or minutes, you should be taken to the Emergency room and should not resume the sport for the rest of the season
 * 1 in 5 high school football players receive a concussion in their life
 * Headaches are a major side effect of a concussion
 * take the Impact test to see if you have a concussion - it tests your reflexives and memory and place of the impact.
 * Dont remember time or date, blank expression, ringing in your ears
 * Basketball is the leading cause to getting concussions and biking is the second
 * Symptoms
 * headaches
 * confusion
 * memory loss
 * double blurred vision
 * unconscious/ coma
 * nausea
 * convulsions