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:

• Describe how the continuum of care is not linear.
• List barriers that individuals who have survived a brain injury may face.
• Recall resources at the federal and state levels.
• Discuss the current national legislation and the need for further legislation especially at state levels to provide better systemic support for individuals who have survived a brain injury.  

Moderator: Norrie Bradley 

Presenter: Sheila Beck

Bio: Sheila Beck currently works as the Clinic Operations Coordinator for the UAMS IDHI Brain Injury Program travelling across the state to provide education regarding resources available to brain injury survivors, their caregivers and other professionals.  Sheila is a licensed physical therapist and has practiced in many different settings during her career. For most of those years, Sheila worked primarily with children and adults who had moderate to severe neurological issues.  She is a certified brain injury trainer through the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA).  Living and working in rural areas all of her life, Sheila's primary philosophy is that where you live should not impact the quality of medical care you receive.

1. Brain Injury Association of American (2024). The Essential Brain Injury Guide, 6th Edition
2. National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (2024). State Considerations – CMS Recognizes Brain Injury as Chronic Condition. Retrieved from  https://www.nashia.org