Tag: Autonomic Dysreflexia
Health Maintenance Toolkit: A guide for people with a Spinal Cord Injury
icare, together with Royal Rehab and the John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, is proud to share the Health Maintenance Toolkit.
The toolkit is a guide to help people with a spinal cord injury (SCI)...
A Primary Care Provider’s Guide to Autonomic Dysfunction Following Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) disrupts the crucial “crosstalk” between the spinal autonomic nervous system and supraspinal control centers. Therefore, SCI may result not only in motor paralysis but also in potentially life-threatening impairments of...
What is Autonomic Dysreflexia and how does it affect spinal cord injury?
https://youtu.be/kJ7QEVqYqLc
This is an informative video about Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD) which is a condition that affects anyone who has a spinal cord injury T6 level and above.
https://youtu.be/jdZGLOS0t6E
**Autonomic Dysreflexia is a very serious condition and...
UBC researchers seek participants for spinal cord injury study
Chronic pain is a common and often debilitating problem that can significantly impact function and quality of life for patients with spinal cord injury.
To help find treatment solutions, UBC researchers are investigating the effectiveness...
Medical Surgical Nursing – Spinal Injury
https://youtu.be/gV2GDoZ3qyE
Cathy Parkes RN, covers Medical Surgical Nursing - Spinal Injury. The Medical Surgical Nursing video tutorial series is intended to help RN and PN nursing students study for nursing school exams, including the ATI,...
Spinal Cord injury, Examination & Evaluation – Everything You Need To Know – Dr....
https://youtu.be/UUq3XfhBZfQ
Dr. Ebraheim’s educational animated video describes the spinal cord examination & evaluation.
MossRehab: Managing Autonomic Dysreflexia After Spinal Cord Injury
https://youtu.be/8OIY6JBAZ-s
People with spinal cord injures at or above T6 may be at risk for a condition called autonomic dysreflexia that can result in a dangerous spike in blood pressure.
In this installment of the Living...
Resources to support safer bowel care for patients at risk of autonomic dysreflexia
Patients with spinal cord injury or neurological conditions may have neurogenic bowel dysfunction, which often means they depend on routine interventional bowel care, including the digital (manual) removal of faeces (DRF).
Some of these patients,...
New Health Videos Featured on the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation YouTube Channel
SHORT HILLS, N.J., June 27, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving quality of life for people living with paralysis, has created four new videos that feature...
About Spinal Cord Injury
Anna Hopson's PowerPoint presentation and interactive online lesson about spinal cord injury. Anna covers everything related to spinal cord injuries in this 35 minute Microsoft Office Mix Presentation.