Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

— i — Some thoughts about traumatic brain injury (TBI) data… …People are uneducated about traumatic brain injury. They don’t recognize it when it happens to them or their loved ones; they don’t know the extent of the public health problem…. This is my dream for people who will sustain a traumatic brain injury: ….At the time the TBI is diagnosed,…the injured person receives information about the consequences of traumatic brain injury and sources of education and support. ….All traumatic brain injuries will be counted, including mild TBIs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will develop