SHOCK Salve Aguilar West Coast University Pathophysiology Dr. Isabelle Tardif July 17, 2015 Abstract The case identifies the type of shock that CC encountered right after his traumatic accident. He was experiencing hypovolemic shock as evidenced by low blood pressure and increased heart rate.…
HOLMESVILLE — At home they call her Eileen, but at the Holmes County Training Center she goes by Betty, a name she shares with her mother. Unlike many clients served by the Training Center and the Holmes County Board of Developmental Disabilities, Betty Masters was not born with a disability. She became disabled after suffering a traumatic brain injury, the result of a car crash when she was 20.…
Football Concussions Helmets were not always standard gear until after World War II, some pioneering players wore primitive head covering as far back as the early 1900s. The earliest versions were made of soft leather and were designed to cover the ears. The flaps on the original head harnesses covered the ear completely. They were ridiculed for hindering communication on the playing field. The first helmets offering full protection of the skull and featuring holes in the earflaps were introduced between 1915 and 1917.…
That of which leads to the person displaying at least one of the following: loss of consciousness, posttraumatic amnesia, disorientation and confusion, and neurological sign. In addition, criteria C states that the symptoms must persist immediately following the accident or after consciousness (DSM). Written records did not describe Henry as disorientated, amnestic or displaying neurological signs like disruption in visual field. However, because he was unconscious for two hours due to rapid movement of the head and impact with the ground he fulfills the first portion of criteria. Criteria A requires fulfillment of the criteria for Mild Neurocognitive Disorder which is met with marked decline in cognition via “complex attention, executive function, learning and memory, language, perceptual-motor, or social cognition”.…
Throughout the years, science and technology has continued to expand and evolve. The common goal behind the countless hours of research is bettering the lives of people. Almost one hundred and forty-eight years has passed since the first football game. During that span, there has been numerous leagues of all ages formed, the popularity has skyrocketed in and out of the United States, and as a plethora amount of people played, a higher amount of people sustained injuries. Fast forward to today’s time, and a major topic with the media is the NFL, the concussion scandal, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and player safety.…
The article “A pioneering Neuroscientist Reports From ‘the Border of Life and Death,” by George Johnson explains the stories of patients who lie in a hospital bed , physically unresponsive but mentally alive. This is the story of life and death, the question is are these people really alive ? The patients are all victims of severe brain trauma , all because of different reasons. There was no way to tell whether the patient was alive or not, because they had no mechanical ventilator , they could not get oxygen to their brains . Over time, four patients were examined by a neuroscientist named Adrian Owen .…
My eyes were blurry, my legs were weak and my body was aching. This was the way I felt after I knocked myself out from casing a 120 foot triple on my dirtbike. Paramedics rushed to me as I crawled off the track. I could not believe I was walking away from this one. The paramedics talked to me.…
One of the major concerns with concussions is the possibility and chances of receiving another. After one injury, a person is one to two times more likely to obtain another (Sports Concussion Institute, 2012). If the brain sustains another injury before the brain has had time to heal, the chemical irregularity will continue to persist and can lead to potentially permanent damages (Giza & Hovda, 2001). With the concern of obtaining another concussion, some may ask if males or females are more likely to get a concussion. There is not definite data as far as who is at a greater risk but there have been some suggested mechanisms.…
The ever expanding medical evidence documenting the harmful effects of concussions has caused serious concerns about sports-related concussions in youth athletes. One particularly serious concern is an event that can happen in rare instances in young people who suffer a second concussion while still in the process of recovering from a previous concussion. Aptly called “Second Impact Syndrome” or “SIS,” it can result in catastrophic brain swelling that typically leads to death or severe permanent disability. Second Impact Syndrome has a staggering 90 percent mortality rate.…
On July 31st, 2013 I almost died; in fact, many witnesses thought I did. I was not shot, was not in a wreck, but I merely whiplashed my head on a turf football field after jumping up to catch a football. As soon as my head hit the ground, I was instantly knocked unconscious. My body was convulsing uncontrollably. I was choking on my tongue and my mouth was foaming with blood.…
Consequently, the boy was hospitalized for one month; he was in a coma by reason of damage to his frontal…
Traumatic brain injuries whether they occur on the football field, soccer field, ice hockey rink, or overseas in a war laden area continues to climb. Concussions continue to be on the forefront of research in the athletic setting. Even with the numerous studies looking into concussion it continues to be a mystery to researchers. With evolving research-linking concussion to various neurodegenerative diseases, other settings are being investigated to determine if there is a link with concussion and chronic disease later in life. With this ongoing phenomenon universally the term concussion does induce a sense of fear in individuals.…
Overview Stroke and hemorrhagic stroke A stroke is a brain attack. It is caused when blood flow to an area of brain is cut off. Brain cells are deprived of oxygen and begin to die. After that, abilities for the brain cells in that area to memory and muscle control are lost.…
Introduction Approximately 1.7 million people acquire a traumatic brain injury in the United States every year, impacting millions of people’s daily lives (Powell, Rich, & Wise, 2016). A traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when an external or internal force impacts the brain, which causes physical and chemical alterations in the brain. In recent years, rates of TBI have increased dramatically; however, more people are receiving treatment after a TBI, so mortality rates are decreasing (“Rates of TBI-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths,” 2016). According to Andriessen et al. (2011), the leading cause of a TBI is motor vehicle accidents, followed by falls, assaults, and sports.…
It’s important for everyone to know how neurons grow and develop. The main components of a neuron are the dendrites, the axon, the myelin sheath, the axon terminals, and the soma. The model of a neuron is very similar to the structure of a tree. Starting from the top, there are the dendrites. These are short fibers that extend from the soma.…