Head and Brain Injuries

From the National Institutes of Health
• NINDS Traumatic Brain Injury Information Page (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

General/Overviews

• Facts about Concussion and Brain Injury and Where to Get Help (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control) - links to PDF file
• Head Injury (American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons)
• Questions and Answers - Head Injury (American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Brain Injuries (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Craniocerebral Trauma (National Institutes of Health)

Diagnosis/Symptoms

• Brain Imaging (Society of Nuclear Medicine)
• Computed Tomography (CT)-Head (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)

Pictures/Diagrams

• Atlas of the Body: The Skull (American Medical Association)
• Ventricles of the Brain (Hydrocephalus Foundation, Inc.)
• Whole Brain Atlas (Harvard Medical School)

Prevention/Screening

• JAMA Patient Page: Head Injuries (American Medical Association) - links to PDF file
• Preventing Bicycle-Related Head Injuries (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
• Safety Tips for Farming with a Brain Injury (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
• What You Should Know About Traumatic Brain Injury (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Rehabilitation

• NIH Consensus Panel Endorses Comprehensive Rehabilitation Strategy for Brain Injury (National Institutes of Health)

Research

• Exploring Therapeutic Options for Head Injury (National Center for Research Resources)
• New Study Links Head Injury, Severity of Injury, with Alzheimer's Disease (National Institute on Aging)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Anoxia/Hypoxia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Coma, Including Persistent Vegetative State (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Concussion (American Association of Neurological Surgeons)
• Concussion in Sports (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Sports-Related Head Injury FAQ (American Association of Neurological Surgeons)
• Traumatic Brain Injury: Cognitive and Communication Disorders (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

Treatment

• Craniotomy (Animation Education Group)
• First Aid for Head Injuries (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

Directories

• Find a Neurosurgeon (American Association of Neurological Surgeons)
• Find a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician (American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)

Law and Policy

• Bicycle Helmet Use Laws (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

Lists of Print Publications

• Rehabilitation (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
• Rehabilitation of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury (National Library of Medicine)
• Traumatic Brain Injury (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)

Organizations

• National Bicycle Safety Network
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• Neurosurgery://ON-CALL (American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons)

Statistics

• Bicycle-Related Head Injuries: The Problem (National Bicycle Safety Network)
• Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
• Figures Pertaining to Brain Injury (Hydrocephalus Foundation, Inc.)
• Shopping Cart Injuries: Victims 5 Years Old and Younger (Consumer Product Safety Commission)

Children

• Head Injuries (Nemours Foundation)

Espaņol/Spanish

• Instrucciones para Llevar a Casa Para el Cuidado de Lesiones de Cabeza (University of Utah, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, Health Sciences Center)