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Traumatic Brain Injury Center An estimated 1.5 million people sustain a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) each year in the United States. TBI can be mild (commonly called a concussion), moderate or severe.
Level 1 Trauma Center Hennepin County Medical Center is Minnesota’s first verified Level 1 Trauma Center, the highest level of trauma care. We are a regional expert in providing care to patients with TBI. Our neurosurgeons are renowned for their nationally funded research in TBI & hyperbaric oxygen, and we are staffed 24/7 in order to care for patients as quickly as possible. What sets us apart State-of-the-art monitoring in our Surgical/Trauma/Neuroscience Intensive Unit Care, including equipment to monitor brain oxygen and temperature, is available at all times. Neurosurgeons stay at the hospital 24/7 to be able to respond quickly to changes in a patient’s condition. The Pediatric Brain Injury Program is designed to meet the needs of children and adolescents with traumatic and other acquired brain injuries, many of whom have been treated at our Level 1 Trauma Center. The Miland E. Knapp Rehabilitation Center, an on-site, acute rehabilitation program, has the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) accreditation to be an inpatient brain injury rehabilitation program for adults and adolescents. The Mild to Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic at Hennepin County Medical Center offers a unique system of diagnosing, treating and caring for patients who are experiencing post-traumatic effects of an injury to the brain. For more information contact: Traumatic Brain Injury Program Coordinator (612)-873-3284 Mild to Moderate TBI Clinic (612)-873-2595 Pediatric Brain Injury Program Miland E. Knapp Rehabilitation Center
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