Profil tal-Firmatarju

6 Jul 2010

Coma vzw

Belgium | Association

Coma is a recognised organisation working with volunteers to assist persons with acquired brain injury (ABI), coma and cerebrovascular accident (CVA). We work on various projects that support people with traumatic brain injury after hospital and rehabilitation and we provide networking on brain injury teams and home care for persons with traumatic with brain injury. With our information and knowledge centre we focus on coma and CVA patients (their families and also professionals) and anyone involved in one way or another in ABI-problems.

Impenn

We have founded an information and documentation centre on acquired brain injury (ABI) with numerous books, slides and films available on road safety. We also disseminate this information via a specific website and the coma newsletter.

We will develop the following activities:

- On request we give lectures and courses on traumatic brain injury and road safety.

- We create publications on traumatic brain injury with special attention for road fatalities (70%), and ditto leaflets. We distribute around 20.000 leaflets and 8.000 booklets per year through various channels (e.g. in hospitals and health centres where ABI patients are treated).

- We are represented at various events (approximately 12 per year), e.g., road-, racing, karting etc... to highlight the dangers of traffic. At these events we have stand with prevention materials.