North Star Project: reality orientation in an acute care setting for patients with traumatic brain injuries.
The North Star Project is an acute care rehabilitation approach for patients with moderate and severe traumatic brain injuries. This patient-centered project uses the concepts of Reality Orientation Therapy to develop a unique approach that focuses "environment," "consistency" and "standardization" to promote a total team effort. Patients, treatment staff and members of the patient's family collaborate in a unified bedside protocol that stimulates orientation, encourages patients' appropriate interactions and aims to decrease the length of post-traumatic amnesia. Development of materials, protocols, training and outcome measurement initiatives are described.
Thomas
Harle
H
Traumatic Brain Injury Program, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital Site, Quebec, Canada.
Feyz
Mitra
M
LeBlanc
Joanne
J
Brosseau
Julie
J
Champoux
Marie-Claude
MC
Christopher
Andrew
A
Desormeaux
Nathalie
N
Dorais
Luce
L
Lin
Howell
H
D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009949:Orientation; D011937:Reality Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D016896:Treatment Outcome