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Video: BrainLine.org Confronts Traumatic Brain Injury Crisis

Date:11/10/2008

d violence. Among those most at risk for traumatic brain injury are children, late teens and older adults.

Lesley LeMasurier was 19 years old when she suffered a concussion that ended her chances for a spot on the U.S. Ski team -- it was her fifth traumatic brain injury. "I didn't know anything about the brain or brain injuries. I didn't know how serious a risk I was running. I was just a kid trying to chase a dream and didn't know I was hurting myself in the process."

"I feel like traumatic brain injuries are downplayed, especially among athletes," LeMasurier said. "If there is no break or no blood you just keep going."

Traumatic brain injuries are also taking a toll on military members fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, 28 percent of battle-injured soldiers admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center have sustained a traumatic brain injury.

Whether on the battlefront or at home, a brain injury can be life altering. Depression, memory loss, debilitating headaches and erratic behavior can often persist for months or years after an injury. But patients are often sent home from emergency rooms without referrals to services or follow-up care. That leaves families scrambling for information.

BrainLine.org explains what treatment people with brain injuries should receive and what kind of support they will need. BrainLine.org offers those living with TBI a 24-hour network of support.

BrainLine.org is a national multimedia project produced by WETA and funded by the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, the primary operational TBI component of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, through a subcontract award with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine.

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