CNI NeuroTrauma Center
499 East Hampden Avenue,
Suite 220
Englewood, CO 80113
Phone: (303) 783-8844
Fax: (303) 783-2002
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CNI NeuroTrauma Center
The Neurotrauma Center, which opened at CNI in 2004, offers early
intervention and secondary prevention services to patients with mild closed-head
injuries and spinal trauma. Early intervention is essential to reducing
long-term symptoms and, by rapidly assessing a patient's injuries, doctors
can quickly determine the most effective treatment options for recovery.
Medical Director of the CNI NeuroTrauma Center is J. Paul Elliott, MD.
In 2005, the CN NeuroTrauma Center:
- Organized patient treatment protocols in concert with the Trauma Service
at Swedish Medical Center.
- Acquired new state-of-the-art brain monitors for measuring intracranial
pressure and brain oxygenation to better guide treatment.
- Continued research looking at protein expression in the central nervous
system following traumatic brain injury.
- Continued collection of outcome data.
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brain, head and spinal injury. The statistics shown here are staggering...learn ways
to prevent traumatic brain and spinal injuries.
Traumatic Brain Injury
On an annual basis in the United States: [Español]
- 1.5 million people will sustain a TBI annually.
- 50,000 people will die annually as a result of TBI.
- 80,000 people annually experience the onset of long-term
disabilities following TBI.
- Currently 5.3 million Americans are living with a disability
as a result of a TBI.
- Full half of all TBI incidents are alcohol related.
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Spinal Cord Injury
On an annual basis in the United States: [Español]
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Nearly 11,000 people sustain a traumatic spinal
cord injury.
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Nearly 200,000 people in the U.S. live with
a disability caused by spinal cord injury.
- The most frequent injury level is C5, followed by C4, C6, T12,
and L1. Overall about half are cervical injuries and half are
either thoracic, lumbar, or sacral injuries.
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Since 2000, motor vehicle crashes account for
50.4% of reported SCI cases.
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Source: Brain Injury Association of America www.biausa.org
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