Welcome,

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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity with around 1.4 million attendances to emergency departments in England and Wales following a head injury, the majority of which (80 to 90%) are classified as mild Even minor head injury can have significant long term consequences with significant impacts on life and work felt by some sufferers years following injury.

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We are a team of emergency medicine researchers based at the University of Cambridge, Department of Medicine. We are largely focused on the diagnosis and management of TBI with a principle focus on mild head injury. We work with multiple partners worldwide to aim to deliver clinical improvements in the management of TBI.

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Would you like to help improve the care and management of mild TBI in hospital and beyond?

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We are interested in the experiences of both patients admitted to the Emergency Department with a mild TBI/concussion and their relatives. We are also interested in methods of following up patients with mild head injury, to highlight those with ongoing problems and to help direct them to the right care.

 

Are you a patient who has had a head injury?

Do you look after someone who has had a head injury?

Are you interested in helping improve emergency care?

 

We need your help with gaining information about the experience of mild TBI and what happens afterwards. We are recruiting to a study that will either interview patients and/or their relatives on a individual basis or invite patients and/or relatives to a Focus Group meeting to discuss experiences with other patients and relatives.

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This website lists the research studies we are conducting at the moment.  If you would like an overview of the entire project (the development of a mobile App called 'I Am Brain Aware') please click on the News tab above.  If you are interested in finding more information about the studies which begin the project, please click on either the Interviews tab or Focus Group tab above or click on the boxes below.

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If you would like to participate in either the Interview or Focus Group (or both!) please fill in the Contact Form* and we will contact you to make all of the necessary arrangements.

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Thank you for your interest in our research!

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Yours,

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The TBI emergency medicine research team.