Description

Details:

Course Name: Assessments of Concussions and Brain Injuries: Evaluating Mild to Moderate Acquired Brain Injury
Presenter: Charles ” Chuck” Plishka, DPT, PT, NCS
Price: $130.00
Number of Contact Hours/CCU’s:  15
Target Audience:  PT’s, PTA’s, OT’s and OTA’s
Included:  One Link to Access the Entire Set of Videos, A Course Manual (e-mailed), Sign-in Sheet, Evaluation and Summary Sheet

Course Description:

This course is designed to instruct the therapist in the evaluation of mild to moderate acquired brain injuries including those from external forces such as head injuries and concussions, as well as internal injuries from strokes. Information instructed will include anatomy of the brain, vestibular, and ocular systems. Labs will instruct evaluation techniques to test the vestibular and ocular systems, as well as the cerebellum.

Topics

Introduction, Definitions, Statistics, Signs and Symptoms Assessments of Concussions
and Brain Injuries, Brain Anatomy and Signs of Trauma, Vision: Anatomy and How We See, Visual Defects of Acquired Brain Injury
Clinical Examination of ABI / mTBI, Visusomotor Examination, Eye Exam Findings, Assessment Craniovertebral Hypermobility
Vestibular System: Anatomy and Pathology, Vestibular Examination, Vestibular Exam: HINTS / VOMS, Concussion mTBI: Statistics and Evaluation, Concussion: Clinical Trajectories, Acute Management of Concussions, Pediatric Concussions, SCATS: Assessment Tool
Concussion Scale and Return to Play, Vision Treatments

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course; attendees will be able to:
List signs & symptoms of Acquired brain injury/mTBI (concussion)
Identify signs of trauma to the brain following Acquired brain injury/mTBI (concussion)
Identify ocular abnormalities that may be present
Name items in a sideline concussion/mTBI examination
Name items is a comprehensive exam of TBI in an acute & outpatient setting
Demonstrate tests of the ocular motor, cerebellar, and vestibular systems that are needed in an evaluation of TBI/mTBI

Presenter: Charles M. Plishka, DPT, PT, NCS

Charles “Chuck” Plishka, PT, DPT, NCS is a national and international speaker, and earned his Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, and Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a board certified clinical specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy and is currently pursing a Fellowship with the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association. He works in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the acute care setting and teaches continuing education on neurologic topics, including vestibular therapy, brain injury, Parkinson disease, and Multiple Sclerosis. He is the Secretary and International Relations Coordinator for the Vestibular Rehabilitation Special Interest Group of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), and the President of the International Vestibular Physical Therapy Group of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT).

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