TBI from Gabby Giffords' Perspective
Ted Talk: Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly: Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best. I watched a Ted Talk on TBI about Gabby Gifford, a congresswoman, and her husband, Mark Kelly, point of view. Gabby was shot in the head and is still recovering from her injury. This was a good way to learn first hand about what it is like to experience a traumatic brain injury. This Ted Talk helped me understand better what is like to live with a traumatic brain injury. Gabby says that the worst part of her injury is not being able to communicate her thoughts and feelings, due to her aphasia. When she first began her recovery, she was attached to the word “chicken”, which her and her husband now laugh about. She is unable to move her right arm, yet she’s more concerned about her lack of communication. I found this to be very interesting, because both of those things are so difficult to deal with, yet she’s more concerned with c...
Hi Macy!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome that your FWE allowed you to get so much practice! My FWE also allowed me to take the lead with treatment sessions, and sometimes I would also freeze for a minute and make sure I was comfortable enough to go through with it! But if you never practice with a real patient then you'll never really learn! Overall, it sounds like you had a great experience where you were able to learn a lot!
I never even thought about looking over evaluation information, but i'll definitely be adding that to my list! Before our acute care evaluation sim lab, I was freaking out because I had never done anything like that before. So when I first saw an IP Rehab evaluation (and was able to compare and contrast the two), I realized that it will all just come with practice! Even though I'm not in acute care or IP Rehab for my Level 2 Fieldwork, it never hurts to look over the evaluation portion! Great video, Macy, and thanks for sharing!
Gracie
P.S. I knew you'd do your video in front of your plants! :)
Macy, thank you so much for sharing your experience! I think it's incredible you were able to see the same clients throughout your stay and get some hands-on experience with them. I'm glad you were able to work with them throughout their healing process and even get to see what environments you are discharging them into. I need help with understanding diagnoses as well and look forward to learning more about them as well! Great post!
ReplyDeleteMacy, it sounds like you had a great learning experience! It's great that you were able to be so hands on during this experience. I would be overwhelmed to have to choose activities for the clients, but i'm sure it got easier throughout the two weeks with the practice! Can't wait to hear more! Have a good break!
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