Understanding Spinal Cord Injury

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What you should know about spinal cord injury and recovery

Understanding Spinal Cord Injury

What you should know about spinal cord injury and recovery

This video, developed by Shepherd Center, uses simple language and images of real people who have sustained a spinal cord injury, as well as medical experts and advocates.

Judy Fortin, former CNN anchor and medical correspondent, guides you through important information to help maximize your loved one’s recovery.

Lee Woodruff adds practical advice – her husband, Bob Woodruff of ABC News, was injured in a bomb blast in Iraq.

Videos created by KPKinteractive

Chapter 1

Introduction and About This Video

Chapter 2

The Anatomy of the Spinal Cord and How it Works

Chapter 3

Understanding Spinal Cord Injury, its Causes, Effects and Classifications

Chapter 4

Tests, Surgery, Post-Op Devices, Secondary Complications and Prevention Techniques

Chapter 5a

Levels of Injury Explained: High Cervical C1-C4

Chapter 5b

Levels of Injury Explained: Low Cervical C5-C8

Chapter 5c

Levels of Injury Explained: Thoracic Level T1-T12

Chapter 6

Practical Advice for Coping with Spinal Cord Injury

Produced by Shepherd Center and KPKinteractive in collaboration with the American Trauma Society, the National Spinal Cord Injury Association and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.

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