Prof. Justin James Kennedy
Neuroscientist, USA and Canadian University of Dubai, UAE
Title: Personal experiences as a neuroscientist recovering from a coma and recent generalized tonic–clonic seizure
Biography
Biography: Prof. Justin James Kennedy
Abstract
We do know that the more severe the injury the less likely the person will fully recover. The length of time a person remains in a coma and duration of loss of memory (amnesia) following the coma are useful in predicting how one will recover. The Rancho Los Amigos Levels of Cognitive Functioning (RLCF) is one of the best and most widely used ways of describing recovery from brain injury. It describes ten levels of cognitive (thinking) recovery. Research has shown that the speed at which a person progresses through the levels of the RLCF can predict how fully a person will recover. Recently Dr. Kennedy had generalized tonic–clonic seizure (also known as a grand mal seizure) is a type of generalized seizure that affects the entire brain seizure/epileptic fit. He explains his personal traumatic neurological experiences in detail during this presentation.