Li-026483 MedStar NRH Stroke and Brain Injury Symposium and Open House 2019
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This symposium provides the most recent treatment strategies and interventions for stroke and brain injury patients from an interdisciplinary perspective. This unique lecture series offers insight into a wide variety of topics that impact all disciplines. This year's symposium will have a focus on the growing opioid crisis in America and management and recovery of anoxic brain injury resulting from overdose. Speakers include nationally and locally recognized health care providers, specializing in the management and rehabilitation of stroke and brain injury. Following the symposium, participants will have the opportunity to attend the MedStar National Rehabilitation Network's Stroke and Brain Injury Open House and Education Fair where they will be able to interact with community and therapy vendors. Clinicians and allied health care providers who treat patients with neurological deficits are encouraged to attend.
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- Participants will demonstrate a basic understanding of low and high tech adaptive equipment options available to clients
- Participants will demonstrate an increased understanding of local jurisdictions’ medical review policies regarding returning to driving after a neurological insult
- Participants will demonstrate understanding of how to use the Occupational Therapy –Performance Appraisal for Driving (OT-PAD) to assist with making decisions regarding community mobility
- Participants will discuss the management of secondary complications during the rehabilitation of patients with anoxic brain injury
- Participants will identify 2 built in accessibility features of phones and tablets to be used by persons with neurological impairments
- Participants will identify 3 types of technology for clients and their caregivers to assess the home environment and increase safety and independence
- Participants will identify appropriate rehabilitation settings for patients with disorders of consciousness
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