

How long will it take for my family member to recover? Doctors use a variety of tools to help determine the severity of the injury.

The seriousness of the injury depends on where the brain is injured, how much of the brain is injured and the amount of swelling that occurs. It often takes some time to tell how serious the brain injury is. How serious is my family member’s brain injury? The health care team will “make a referral” to the type of rehabilitation they need. Once a person is medically stable, they may move to a rehabilitation hospital, or receive outpatient or community-based rehabilitation.

For more serious cases, the person may be transferred to one of Toronto’s trauma centres or teaching hospitals. In acute care, care focuses on a person’s urgent medical issues and the first stages of rehabilitation.Ī person with ABI can receive acute care in a local community hospital.
