When a head injury occurs, the first priority is to make sure that the brain did not sustain any bruising or damage. A brain injury assessment is usually conducted in order to evaluate the severity of an injury and decide on a plan of care. This assessment may include verbal and physical reflex evaluations and diagnostic tests, such as an MRI and X-ray. Rehabilitation and therapy are common treatments for brain injuries, and may include acute, post-acute and subacute rehabilitation that are completed in stages. Medications can be administered under careful supervision to help ease pain and anxiety, and induce sleep. Your doctors will rate your improvement on commonly-used scales and measures to assess your function and help decide when you are well enough to proceed to the next step in your treatment. Every brain injury is different and will require personally-selected treatments created by your doctors in order to determine what works best for you.
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