I fell from a tall ladder a little more than 1 year ago- apparently trying to paint my house exterior. (I lost any memory of the accident, as I sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)). My family rushed to the hospital, some flew in from out of state, and someone from my family was by my side everyday! But I had a brush w/ death. They rushed me to a good trauma center, where they took great care of me, found I had all closed fractures of my skull, shoulder blade and ribs - that punctured 1 lung. So they made a cut to drain that blood, to allow that lung to work. That's the only scar because I had no surgeries of any type. I also had 2 types of brain bleeds, which healed and was absorbed! I was put into a drug induced coma for about 7-10 days though. I caught sepsis and pneumonia, but those passed w/ good drugs. I have no memory of any pain at this period. They wrapped my hands in cotton, so I couldn't pull out any cords or line from my mouth, and "allowed me to wake up", to find out how I was? I had black eyes ('raccoon eyes') and looked dead. I read my medical file, and can't believe it's factual. My sisters took a video of this - and I remember just a few seconds of "waking", my throat is full of lines, so I move my hands up to pull everything out - but can't, due to the cotton wrap, and I'm utterly frustrated and confused, staring at my wrapped hands. Thinking WTF! That's all I can remember. My eyes are open, and 1 sister is talking to me, but I don't remember seeing or hearing her. - I may not have even recognized her. I was probably thinking, 'Who is this woman and where am I'? Or maybe not. It's like I was totally selfish - thinking only about myself, and didn't know anything outside of my body. I was able to breath on my own, so was taken off the ventilator, and after a few tries passed the swallow tests. For the next few days, I wasn't forming new memories! And I was answering questions about location, color, and time wrong. But I would come to, not know where I was, and trying to get out of the hospital bed, setting off the alarms again. I remember a couple of those times, "getting in trouble" for not pressing the call button when I wanted something. OOps. Once I woke up and I remember thinking I felt fine, and shouldn't be at the hospital, thinking I should go home. The nurse came in, asked me questions, like, "How was I gonna get home?" I thought I'd drive, but she said my son wouldn't allow me. They got him on the phone, and I briefly remember accusing him of conspiring w/ the hospital to keep me there. I later had to apologize to him. Poor guy. lol My 3rd memory is getting ready for the long drive - transport by my family in a "Medical Transportation" Van to Hospital #2 - for Rehabilitation. I needed to pee, but they had a catheter in me, and I didn't understand how "to use" it. lol It felt wrong to just pee, so I couldn't go. My 4th memory, was at the Rehab. Hospital - Madonna in NE, trying to stand, balance - difficult, and walk. In a wheelchair in the beginning, even though I felt normal, fine and I could easily pass any and all tests - I just had poor balance. I got more mobile, and they took away my wheelchair - which felt wrong initially. I found an abandoned cane in Lost and Found, and used it for the rest of my stay. I was repeatedly tested, had to show I could do everything, shower, bicycle machine, run a washer, dryer, microwave, Math tests, endurance on a treadmill, more Math tests, balance a checkbook, solve puzzles, react appropriately to dangerous situations, you name it, they made me do it. I earned "Independent Status" and they removed the alarms from my clothes and bed, and allowed me to move around in my room, then around the floor of the hospital. But I was timid and it felt like they'd never believe that I was fine! After about 30 days in this 2nd hospital, they allowed me to go home - on my Bday! 6 weeks of hospitalization total, to get my almost normal life back. Only lasting deficiency is slight double vision, correctable quite well w/ prism glasses. One eye tends to not always track or focus at the same point. Like a "lazy eye". - And a slight numb spot on my head, that when touched, feels like they're touching my eye. How's that for a weird sensation! A miraculous recovery. No other lasting brain damage perceptible! Oh yeah, I had more Outpatient Rehab. 3 types - which I proved on each 1st visit that it wasn't needed, and was discontinued. I had to ride a bicycle or Uber everywhere, because I had had seizure-like activity the day of the accident. But after 6 months had passed since my accident, and w/ new glasses, and 2 forms filled out by dr's, I had to retake a driving test to keep my drivers license and prove I was roadworthy. I still ride my bicycle a few times a week, for the exercise, and the environment. I think my life was saved by the Trauma Center, and my brain recovery was continued by the Rehab. Hospital.
Hey Don, I hope you’re doing well and still enjoying life I wanna thank you, because after reading your story it encouraged me to read more about TBI And since I am a med student it helped score very well on my midterm. While studying for the exam, Coma and TBI was my weakness, since I couldn’t really relate to it, but your story helped me so much. Again, thank you.
Heyy! Great Video! Just something I thought id mention- in caloric testing, we name the direction of the movement of the eyes on the basis of the fast phase of the nystagmus so, in a normal person, the eyes move away from the ear the cold water was injected into (think COWS = cold away, warm same) In a person with brain death but brainstem sparing, because the fast phase (i.e. the saccade) is controlled from the cortex, we no longer get a fast phase and so we're only really looking for the slow movement towards the ear the water was injected in and then finally in case of brainstem and brainstem death= the eyes stay mid-position. I think the first diagram was slightly incorrect
Pseudoscientific nonsense. Coma is a result of severe brain damage and can only be woken up from if and when the patient's brain can suffiently repair itself. No experience in hyponosis is going to be helpful to a coma patient.
I fell from a tall ladder a little more than 1 year ago- apparently trying to paint my house exterior. (I lost any memory of the accident, as I sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)). My family rushed to the hospital, some flew in from out of state, and someone from my family was by my side everyday! But I had a brush w/ death. They rushed me to a good trauma center, where they took great care of me, found I had all closed fractures of my skull, shoulder blade and ribs - that punctured 1 lung. So they made a cut to drain that blood, to allow that lung to work. That's the only scar because I had no surgeries of any type. I also had 2 types of brain bleeds, which healed and was absorbed! I was put into a drug induced coma for about 7-10 days though. I caught sepsis and pneumonia, but those passed w/ good drugs. I have no memory of any pain at this period. They wrapped my hands in cotton, so I couldn't pull out any cords or line from my mouth, and "allowed me to wake up", to find out how I was? I had black eyes ('raccoon eyes') and looked dead. I read my medical file, and can't believe it's factual. My sisters took a video of this - and I remember just a few seconds of "waking", my throat is full of lines, so I move my hands up to pull everything out - but can't, due to the cotton wrap, and I'm utterly frustrated and confused, staring at my wrapped hands. Thinking WTF! That's all I can remember. My eyes are open, and 1 sister is talking to me, but I don't remember seeing or hearing her. - I may not have even recognized her. I was probably thinking, 'Who is this woman and where am I'? Or maybe not. It's like I was totally selfish - thinking only about myself, and didn't know anything outside of my body. I was able to breath on my own, so was taken off the ventilator, and after a few tries passed the swallow tests. For the next few days, I wasn't forming new memories! And I was answering questions about location, color, and time wrong. But I would come to, not know where I was, and trying to get out of the hospital bed, setting off the alarms again. I remember a couple of those times, "getting in trouble" for not pressing the call button when I wanted something. OOps. Once I woke up and I remember thinking I felt fine, and shouldn't be at the hospital, thinking I should go home. The nurse came in, asked me questions, like, "How was I gonna get home?" I thought I'd drive, but she said my son wouldn't allow me. They got him on the phone, and I briefly remember accusing him of conspiring w/ the hospital to keep me there. I later had to apologize to him. Poor guy. lol My 3rd memory is getting ready for the long drive - transport by my family in a "Medical Transportation" Van to Hospital #2 - for Rehabilitation. I needed to pee, but they had a catheter in me, and I didn't understand how "to use" it. lol It felt wrong to just pee, so I couldn't go. My 4th memory, was at the Rehab. Hospital - Madonna in NE, trying to stand, balance - difficult, and walk. In a wheelchair in the beginning, even though I felt normal, fine and I could easily pass any and all tests - I just had poor balance. I got more mobile, and they took away my wheelchair - which felt wrong initially. I found an abandoned cane in Lost and Found, and used it for the rest of my stay. I was repeatedly tested, had to show I could do everything, shower, bicycle machine, run a washer, dryer, microwave, Math tests, endurance on a treadmill, more Math tests, balance a checkbook, solve puzzles, react appropriately to dangerous situations, you name it, they made me do it. I earned "Independent Status" and they removed the alarms from my clothes and bed, and allowed me to move around in my room, then around the floor of the hospital. But I was timid and it felt like they'd never believe that I was fine! After about 30 days in this 2nd hospital, they allowed me to go home - on my Bday! 6 weeks of hospitalization total, to get my almost normal life back. Only lasting deficiency is slight double vision, correctable quite well w/ prism glasses. One eye tends to not always track or focus at the same point. Like a "lazy eye". - And a slight numb spot on my head, that when touched, feels like they're touching my eye. How's that for a weird sensation! A miraculous recovery. No other lasting brain damage perceptible! Oh yeah, I had more Outpatient Rehab. 3 types - which I proved on each 1st visit that it wasn't needed, and was discontinued. I had to ride a bicycle or Uber everywhere, because I had had seizure-like activity the day of the accident. But after 6 months had passed since my accident, and w/ new glasses, and 2 forms filled out by dr's, I had to retake a driving test to keep my drivers license and prove I was roadworthy. I still ride my bicycle a few times a week, for the exercise, and the environment. I think my life was saved by the Trauma Center, and my brain recovery was continued by the Rehab. Hospital.
Hey Don, I hope you’re doing well and still enjoying life
I wanna thank you, because after reading your story it encouraged me to read more about TBI
And since I am a med student it helped score very well on my midterm.
While studying for the exam, Coma and TBI was my weakness, since I couldn’t really relate to it, but your story helped me so much.
Again, thank you.
Excellent lecture, I love your cases at the end.
Thanks for this amazing video. A great reference even after 6 years.
Amazing 👏sir
Heyy! Great Video!
Just something I thought id mention- in caloric testing, we name the direction of the movement of the eyes on the basis of the fast phase of the nystagmus so, in a normal person, the eyes move away from the ear the cold water was injected into (think COWS = cold away, warm same)
In a person with brain death but brainstem sparing, because the fast phase (i.e. the saccade) is controlled from the cortex, we no longer get a fast phase and so we're only really looking for the slow movement towards the ear the water was injected in
and then finally in case of brainstem and brainstem death= the eyes stay mid-position.
I think the first diagram was slightly incorrect
great and helpful lecture thank u
Amazing lecture! Thanks
Awesome video
Very much understanding
Thanks
THANK YOU EXLLENT LECTURE
This was amazing. Just a truly big and heart felt thank you
Can ppl with locked in syndrome move their eyes left to right???
Thank you for the excellent lecture :)
thank you sir 😊
thank you
COWS (Cold opposite, Warn same)
COMIC SANS ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Hardly important
Have a sook
Denmark, do they make this on purposed
like this comment if your professor told you to watch this video
No one knows what it's like...
What's arousal? That's what she said. lol
If you have any skill with conversational hypnosis you should be able to wake up a coma patient within 24 hours.
Pseudoscientific nonsense. Coma is a result of severe brain damage and can only be woken up from if and when the patient's brain can suffiently repair itself. No experience in hyponosis is going to be helpful to a coma patient.