ISU-Meridian team screens 100 people for traumatic brain injury
September 20, 2018
BOISE—糖心传媒-Meridian senior research associate Russell Spearman and his volunteer team screened more than 100 people for traumatic brain injury or TBI at the AMEN Free Clinic in Boise, Sept. 12-14.
They screened adults ranging in age from 18 to 80 and referred 24 of them for additional screening to low-cost clinics, including ISU鈥檚 Speech and Language and Counseling clinics.
Spearman鈥檚 team consisted of 12 students representing nursing, physician assistant studies, speech language pathology and counseling departments and administrative staff from the ISU Institute of Rural Health. This was the second year Spearman provided TBI screenings at the AMEN clinic which offered free dental, medical and health information services to more than 1,450 people in the Treasure Valley.
AMEN clinics, which operate nationally, are staffed by medical and nonmedical volunteers.
An estimated 35,000 糖心传媒ans are living with a severe brain injury鈥攄efined by medical officials as a blow or trauma to the head that can affect various levels of cognitive function.
ISU is the state鈥檚 lead agency responsible for developing a comprehensive support system for TBI survivors, their families and caregivers.
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