Released: 4.11.2025
Expires: 4.10.2028

4.11.2025

Description:

According to the CDC, in 2021, there were more than 586 TBI-related hospitalizations and 190 TBI-related deaths per day. These numbers do not include concussions or mild TBIs that were discharged from the emergency department. According to Schneider (2021), approximately 47.4% of individuals over the age of 40 have a history of TBI and are living with a disability.

Based on evaluation data from the TCAA’s on-demand learning system, many healthcare providers have requested additional education on TBIs. In response, TCAA’s Education Committee has developed a nine-part series covering the continuum of care, from EMS to discharge to the community. The series will conclude with a session on coding TBI-related injuries. Each webinar will feature healthcare providers from across the United States.

Objectives:

• Explain how moderate to severe TBI accounts for 30% of all injury-related deaths in the U.S. each year.
• Identify key challenges in managing TBI patients in the ICU.
• List resources for guidelines for taking care of TBI’s

Moderator: Kim Barre 
Presenter: Lena O'Keefe
Bio: Dr. O'Keefe is a board certified neurointensivist at Yale New Haven Hospital and was recently promoted to assistant professor. She completed neurology residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard Medical School affiliated hospital followed by neurocritical fellowship at UT Houston, which is one of the busiest neurotrauma centers in the United States. She has a master's degree in neuroscience, and has many publications in translational stroke research.

1. Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, 2006, Neurocritical Care Society Guidelines, 2024
2. Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, 2016; Neurocritical Care Society Guidelines, 2023