Module 8: Spine & Spinal Cord Injuries
Segment 3: Spinal Cord Injuries
Websites
Vertebral Compression Fractures
A website with information about the causes, symptoms, testing & diagnostics, and management options for vertebral compression fractures. (American Association of Neurological Surgeons)
What is a spinal cord stroke?
A web page with a brief description and summary of spinal cord stroke (WiseGeek)
Spinal Strokes
A web page with a brief description and summary of spinal cord stroke (Brain & Spine Foundation)
Spinal Trauma Causes, Types, and Assessment
The etiologies, types, and assessment of patients with spinal trauma. (Oxford Medical Education)
Spinal cord injury
A website with information on the epidemiology, etiology, classification, and management of patients with spinal cord injury. (Ortho Bullets)
WHO Mortality Database
A searchable database for global mortality statistics. (World Health Organization)
Injuries and violence
The incidence and impact of intentional and unintentional injuries across the age spectrum. (World Health Organization)
Provincial Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Report Card
Links to a variety of statistics related to the care of patients with traumatic brain injury in the Canadian Provinces. (Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation)