Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Strategy Summit
posted: 5 December 2011
The 2nd Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) Strategy Summit was held on October 28th 2011. The Summit began with Dr. Mark Bayley, Chair of the Concussion/mTBI Strategy, welcoming everyone.
Mark gave an overview of the prevalence of concussion/mTBI, and reviewed the reasons for a provincial strategy and why the time is right to move it forward. He spoke about the objectives of the previous Summit held in April 2010 and remarked that much progress had been made since then; including the development of a Coordinating Committee and five Working Groups that have been strategizing, putting plans into place and conducting specific activity to move the strategy forward.
Mark outlined the goals of the present Summit as follows:
- Share and discuss progress and findings from work undertaken so far;
- Discuss the business plan that articulates our activities and plan how to take this further;
- Develop performance indicators for the Strategy;
- Discuss how to move towards implementation;
- Develop further commitment to collaboration and stronger stakeholder relationships.
The morning was spent highlighting certain elements of progress through presentations in order to bring everyone up to date, followed by getting feedback and consensus on the Business Plan. The afternoon was spent discussing how we would evaluate some of the work we intend to do, and exploring how to move from planning to implementation.
The Vancouver Charter on Skiing Safety
This timely and relevent publication is available here for you to download and distribute.
This charter was presented at the Winter Helmet Forum: Ski & Snowboarding – Put a Lid on It event held in Vancouver on November 20th in the context of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
From inside:
In Canada, it is estimated that 87.5% of skiing and snowboarding deaths have been caused by a head injury. More specifically, traumatic brain injury, which appears to be increasing, has been reported to account for 50 to 88% of all fatalities at ski resorts and 67% of all skier deaths in children.
Policy and Political Action Update
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OARN Takes Political Action
From The Rehab Relay, newsletter for the OARN, Winter/Spring 2007
November 27, 2006 - The OARN wrote to the Hon. George Smitherman, Minister of Health and Long Term Care for the Province of Ontario, to communicate support for the principles and recommendations of the Toronto Acquired Brain Injury Network's planning document, A Framework for the Future Planning of Publicly Funded Acquired Brain Injury Services in Toronto.
The letter, from Doris Grinspun, Executive Director RNAO and Kathi Colwell, President OARN, concludes:
As the health system is being transformed and renewed, we commend this excellent report, highlight it for your consideration, and urge targeted funding for this vulnerable population of patients in our care.
