Talking trauma

Kavita shares the story of her brain haemorrhage and talks to James about her Patient Involvement work.

How much does brain injury cost the country? James Piercy talks to Chloe Hayward Executive director of UKABIF and economist Jennifer Misak about a new report exploring the impact of abi on the nation

Jesús Montero shares the story of his traumatic brain injury. He talks to James about the need to improve care and support for all.

Gillian shares the story of her son's brain injury, unmet needs and her motivation to become Involved in research

Can we cool injured brains without harming other parts of the body? Listen to James Piercy talk with Enrico Giuliani, Founder of NeuronGuard, and Andrea Lavinio, Clinical Lead and Consultant in NeuroTrauma, about Aurora, a selective and portable cerebral targeted temperature management system, and their next study SELETHERM 2 (Selective Brain Temperature Management).

New tech and gamification can support rehabilitation. Listen to James Piercy talk with Szczepan Orlins, Founder of Animorph Coop, a company that aims to push rehabilitation into the future and make it fun and accessible for your home. They discuss 2 new devices that support the rehabilitation of people with brain injury: EyeFocus and CrossSence.

Using new tech to track and record information about patients. Listen to James Piercy talk to James Chapman, co-founder of Decently, about Melo and how data can be used to understand people’s recovery journey. During your time as a patient in a hospital, you go through many different teams. As patients are handed between departments, data is often lost, and patients have to explain their situation...

Understanding what is going on inside someone's head is crucial. Is it possible to do this without piercing the skull? Listen to James Piercy talk with Jeremy Holland, Chief Executive of Crainio, about their non-invasive intracranial pressure monitoring system. Crainio has developed a sensor which can be stuck to the outside of the head and monitor the pressure using infrared light and machine lea...

Professor Valerie Pomery and James discuss what different methods are used in rehabilitation and how biomarkers may be the key to creating more effective personalised therapies. They also discuss the similarities and differences between physical and cognitive rehabilitation. Are there any cutting-edge techniques which could restore brain function, and will they be enough on their own to ensure rec...

Dr Mark Wilson, Professor Julie Mytton, and James discuss what we can do to prevent brain injury and what we can do in the pre-hospital phase to reduce long-term injuries. Julie talks about the importance of collecting and using data to help predict outcomes for patients. Mark talks about the latest technologies being trialled to see how they can improve outcomes, and testing different techniques...

Dr Virginia Newcombe and James discuss the acute time period when patients with brain injury enter the hospital and how they are managed in our emergency departments. They discuss some cutting-edge monitoring techniques used in Critical Care, some new research being done in this area, and how this can improve care given to patients.

Professor Topun Austin and James discuss the effects of brain injury at the extremes of life and how the way we treat people and their brains at these key points in time can have huge effects on their recovery journey. They also explore some of the cutting-edge techniques in the neonatal sphere and discuss their positive benefits, but they also explore the dangers of these new techniques. What is...

Professor Stephen Price and James discuss new techniques for understanding how to diagnose patients correctly, some of the limitations of current diagnostic practice, and the importance of diversifying data across different injuries, communities and ethnic backgrounds. How can we strengthen the prognosis for patients by looking at the data we collect and changing the current pathways in place?

A conversation with Paul Vuilliamy about the role of young platelets in blood clotting

Following serious injury blood may not clot properly. James Piercy talks to Henry Schofield and recent work linking this coagulopathy to blood type.

A conversation about research to better understand the social factors that can lead to knife injuries