Transcript Document

A Silent Epidemic
EVERY 15 SECONDS
SOMEONE HAS A
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
TBI in the United States
At least
1.5 million
60,000
Deaths
373,000
Hospitalizations
TBIs occur in
the United
States
each year
1,111,000
Emergency Department Visits
??? Receiving Other Medical Care or No Care
Traumatic
Brain
Injury
Breast
Cancer
HIV/AIDS
1,500,000
176,000
40,000
IMPACT of TBI
~ Leading cause of Death ages 1-45
~ 80,000 w/ disability due to TBI
~ 5,300,000 Living with Disabilities
2006
Cost of TBI
60 Billion !!!!
Can We Make a Difference ?
RESEARCH
CLINICAL
CARE
RESEARCH
National Institutes of Health
FY2007 28.8 Billion
Traumatic Brain Injury
FY2007 86 Million
0.3% of Total Budget !
RESEARCH
National Institutes of Health
Small Pox
Eradicated in the US in 1949
Worldwide in 1977
NIH FY2007 126 Million
RESEARCH
National Institutes of Health
RAISE AWARESS OF TBI
86 million vs. 60 billion ?
Funding must match the
Burden of the disease
CLINICAL CARE
828 Centers Surveyed
433 “TBI Centers”
Hesdorffer et al: J Trauma (2002)
TBI Care 2002
Compliance with
TBI Guidelines
Full
Part
Non
Level I 26%
20%
54%
Level II 10%
15%
75%
Level III
22%
72%
6%
CLINICAL CARE
RAISE AWARESS OF TBI
26% Compliance ?
Regional Neurotrauma
Centers
Can We Make a Difference ?
One Person
Can Make a Difference
ASHLYN DYER FOUNDATION
What Can Be Done ?
RAISE AWARESS OF TBI
Societal Change
Political Change
ASHLYN DYER FOUNDATION
Can YOU Make a Difference ?
Silence the TBI Epidemic