250557 Accident:: (a)The Accident Survivor and (b) Medical Rehabilitation After an Accident

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 3:19 PM

Zigmond Kozicki, DHA, MA, MSHA , MidMichgan Neuropsychology, Saginaw, MI
The Survivors is a personal account of how an motor vehicle accident is experienced by four different survivors. Each person shares how their life has been altered and how they have adapted to the trauma of a motor vehicle accident. 30 minutes. The Medical Rehabilitation brings a motor vehicle accident survivor, physician, physical therapist and neuropsychologist together to consider the road to recovery. What is exposed is that recovery involves motivation, support, medical experts, dedicated effort, a new cognitive map and a realization that the accident has changed the way people live their lives. 30 minutes.

Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health education
Clinical medicine applied in public health
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related education
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
“The Survivors” is a personal account of how a motor vehicle accident is experienced by four different survivors. Each person shares how their life has been altered and how they have adapted to the trauma of an motor vehicle accident. 30 minutes Learning Objective: Be able to describe the determinants of health for people with automobile accident related disabilities. Action desired “The inclusion of people with disabilities in health promotion activities”. “The Medical Rehabilitation” brings a motor vehicle accident survivor, physician, physical therapist and neuropsychologist together to consider the road to recovery. What is exposed is that recovery involves motivation, support, medical experts, dedicated effort, a new cognitive map and a realization that the accident has changed the way people live their lives. 30 minutes Learning Objective: Evaluate if there is the equitable distribution of resources for people with disabilities associated with motor vehicle accidents. Action desired “Provide appropriate health care for people with disabilities”.

Keywords: Patient Perspective, Motor Vehicles

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present because I am involved in the ongoing assessment and treatment of individuals and groups who have been involved in motor vehicle accidents.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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