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Critical Care Resources

General Resources
We continue to seek out resources of all kinds. If you know of additional resources, please contact us.

Head and Brain Injuries - Great information from the National Institutes of Health (some available in Spanish)

No One Pathway to Recovery - a Mayo Clinic article on the causes of brain injury and what to expect for recovery

What Is a Brain Injury? - an overview from the Methodist Health Care System in Houston TX.

Brain Injury Library -- All kinds of links and resources from the Head Injury Hotline

Tips for Recovery - article from the Center for Disease Control

Información Acerca de la Lesión Cerebral Leve - en Espanol (PDF)

Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide -- an online publication with great information about head injuries, dealing with doctors, and how family members can help

• Dealing with Doctors - Your relationship with the doctors absolutely affects the quality of the care you will receive.
• Who Are All of These Professionals? - a "who's who" guide to hospitals
• How the Brain is Hurt - a guide to the various injuries that can be sustained

ICU Guide - Definitions of ICU equipment, ICU staff roles, and what family and friends can do to help.

• How to Get Information - some tips on interacting with doctors and other hospital resources
• Family Help Tips - How to take care of yourself while you take care of the patient

A Brain Injury Guide for Families (Adobe PDF File) - a recovery tool for TBI patients and their families

Books of Interest

• Head Injury - The Facts - Good overview of types of brain injuries and stages of the recovery process
• Over My Head - A doctor's own story of recovering from brain trauma
• Where Is the Mango Princess? - Memoir of the aftermath of a brain injury to the author's husband
• I Am the Central Park Jogger - Trishia Meili's story of recovery from her attack
• Second Life, Second Chance! - A teacher's chronicle of despair, recovery and triumph (Book published in Canada)

Local Resources
We continue to search for resources nationwide. If a state listed below does not have a link, then we have not yet discovered local resources in that state. If you know of additional resources, please contact us.

These links are for informational use, and do not represent an endorsement.

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Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

TBI Resource Guide - San Francisco
http://tbi-sci.org/tbird/
This is a detailed resource guide for the Bay Area.

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Washington DC

West Virginia

WISCONSIN

Statewide Rehabilitation Facilities - links to inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute and day treatment programs across the state

Statewide Residential Programs - links to housing and other programs across the state

Statewide Community Resources - links to all kinds of community support programs across the state

Support Groups - links to brain injury support groups across the state

Wyoming