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Wounded Brains: True Survival Stories
• A triathlon athlete has part of her skull removed to relieve the pressure on her injured brain after a car accident.
• A soldier, wounded by a mortar explosion in Iraq, works with doctors to retrain his brain so he can speak and walk again.
• Doctors have discovered that administering extra doses of two chemicals naturally produced by the body can help prevent additional neuron damage in the brain following an injury.
That’s powerful medicine!
Explore the power of medicine through the true stories of people who survived life-threatening brain injuries. Find out how doctors and researches use the latest medical breakthroughs to save patients who have traumatic brain injuries and help them return to normal life. You’ll learn ways to protect your brain, as well as fascinating facts about the brain and how it controls the entire body.
• A soldier, wounded by a mortar explosion in Iraq, works with doctors to retrain his brain so he can speak and walk again.
• Doctors have discovered that administering extra doses of two chemicals naturally produced by the body can help prevent additional neuron damage in the brain following an injury.
That’s powerful medicine!
Explore the power of medicine through the true stories of people who survived life-threatening brain injuries. Find out how doctors and researches use the latest medical breakthroughs to save patients who have traumatic brain injuries and help them return to normal life. You’ll learn ways to protect your brain, as well as fascinating facts about the brain and how it controls the entire body.
48 pages, Library Binding
First published August 1, 2010
About the author
Sandra Markle
296 books95 followersSandra Markle is the author of more than two hundred children's books, which have won numerous awards, including Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, IRA/CBC Children's Choice, NSTA/CBC Outstanding Trade Books for Children, NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended, and ALA Notable Books for Children. She lives in Lakewood Ranch, Florida and frequently travels to schools sharing her program "Sandra Markle's Books Are REAL Adventures."
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October 28, 2020
The 13-year-old and I read this one to complement an online neuroscience class he's taking this semester. This text engages young readers with real-life stories of traumatic brain injuries and full-color photography and diagrams of the brain and nervous system. 3.5 stars.
October 1, 2017
It was easy to learn from this resource. It uses real life examples to reinforce concepts and learning.
September 22, 2010
I did not care for the way this book was laid out. It started with a story about Candace, which continued for several pages, but was interspersed with general information and other stories about individuals so that you either had to stop reading about Candace and read about other stuff for a couple of pages, or skip the other stuff to finish reading about Candace and then go back to read the other pages. Either way, it's frustrating.
As far as the material goes, it had some nice basic information about brain injuries and good images to go with it. Some of the pictures may be a bit graphic - for example, there is one of an intracranial pressure monitor being inserted through the skull.
Overall, the information there is good. I just really did not like the layout.
As far as the material goes, it had some nice basic information about brain injuries and good images to go with it. Some of the pictures may be a bit graphic - for example, there is one of an intracranial pressure monitor being inserted through the skull.
Overall, the information there is good. I just really did not like the layout.
January 31, 2015
Very good read. It had alot of information and I learned alot about how they help people who have brain injuries.
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