March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

Falls, car accidents, and sports injuries can all be causes of traumatic brain injury (TBI), which affects all ages.  Statistics from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment show that the 15-24 age group has the highest number of hospitalizations for TBI, but people over 85 had the highest number of TBI-related deaths. Our library has many helpful resources for learning about brain injury, including information for specific age groups:
Babies and toddlers:

• Special Emphasis Report: Infant and Early Childhood Injury

Children and Youth:

• Bicycle-Related Traumatic Brain Injury: Colorado Children Ages 5-12
• Brain Injury in Children and Youth: A Manual for Educators
• Child and Youth Injury in Colorado
• Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Guide
• Concussion Management Guidelines
• Fall Injuries Among Colorado Children Ages 0-14 
• Pedestrian Injuries Among Colorado Children Ages 1-14
• Use of Helmets while Bicycling or Participating in Other Wheeled Sports: Colorado Children Ages 5-15 

The elderly:

• Falls Among Older Adults in Colorado
• Injuries Due to Falls Among Older Adults, Coloradans Age 65 and Older
• Preventing Falls in the Elderly
• Special Emphasis Report: Fall Injuries Among Older Adults

General population:

• The Burden of Injury in Colorado
• Colorado Brain Injury Program legislative report
• Colorado Injury Prevention Strategic Plan 
• Guide to Injury Data in Colorado 
• Injury in Colorado 

Helpful websites:

• Colorado Department of Education: Brain Injury
• Consumer Resources: Day Treatment for Brain Injury Patients
• Injury Hospitalization Data