Head injury

Head injuries are any sort of injury to your brain, skull, or scalp. This kind of injury is either closed or open. A closed head injury means that you don't fracture your skull, while a open head injury means that you have broke your skull open. There are 6 major types of head injury. The first one is Hematoma, Hemorrhage, Concussion, Edema, Skull fracture, and Diffuse Axonal injury. Some sign and symptoms of head injuries are a loss of consciousness, seizures, vomiting, balance or…

Serious head injuries is a major problem in youth sports, especially youth football. Many helmet companies have emerged and many have failed; creating an enigma around designing a safe helmet. Eventually a company will emerge as the first to crack the code at 100% safety, but is it something we want? A few helmets have made tremendous steps towards being totally safe are, The Revolution, The Xenith X1, and The Schutt DNA. Football player safety has been a silent fight. The staple of the…

The video Big Hits, Broken Dreams revolved around Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injuries of high school football athletes. It is something that athletes are all too familiar with on a daily basis. Just one single hit could end up being more fatal than anyone would think about. Concussions are very common with those who play rigorous sports because of the constant person-to-person contact or even contact of the object they play with, like a football. One issue with this is the idea of do the…

Methods To acquire the information that's needed for this report, we broke down the our research into three questions 1. What were the risks and threatening head injuries in football? 2. Do high school athletes know what concussions or CTE? 3. What ways can we reduce head injuries I. Is there a type of helmet strong enough to protect the head? II. Are there any training on identifying symptoms of concussions or CTE? III. Could applying it into the classroom help students? IV. Is there a…

Running head: INTRACRANIAL REGULATION 1 Intracranial Regulation Name Institution  Introduction Cerebrospinal fluid is a colorless body fluid that is found in the brain and spinal cord. It is produced by the choroid plexuses of the ventricle of the brain. It protects the cortex of the brain providing many mechanical protections. Also, it provides immunological to the brain in the skull. The brain produces about…

and to try to brush it off. Whether you have suffered a head injury after a car crash, knocked your head on a shelf as you fell from a ladder at work, or otherwise bumped your head, a head injury should never be taken lightly. There are several signs that a knock to the head might be something more serious, such as a concussion or a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Anyone who lost consciousness, even for a short time, after being hit in the head should visit a doctor right away. Confusion or…

The prominence of head injuries is becoming more and more common each year. Players from different sports leagues, including the National Football League, are voicing their outrage on the lack of protection from concussions and other head injuries and are now shedding light on the all-important issue of player safety. This controversy has become so popular that it was even made into a movie released in 2015. Head injuries in sports are perilous and scientists and players are now highlighting the…

To what extent should athletes suffer from life changing head injuries to win it all in their sport and for the entertainment of their audience? Over the last 50 years, awareness has been brought by athletes who were victims of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and the diseases under Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE).ALS progressively affects bodily function until the point when a victim can’t control their body.Lou Gehrig was the first relevant victim of ALS with his influential farewell…

Why Head Injury Prevention In Sports Needs To Be improved General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade audience on why head injuries are dangerous and need to be prevented Introduction A. Attention getter: On May 2nd, 2012 the world got sad news of the passing of former pro linebacker Junior Seau. Sean had killed himself by gunshot at the age of 43. And according to an ABC news and ESPN special Doctors found CTE or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease that leads to…

a moving vehicle, which was traveling at 70 mph. His injuries include a severe closed head injury with an occipital hematoma, bilateral wrist fractures, and a right pneumothorax. 1. Define the term primary head injury and describe the mechanism of injury for the student in this case study (how it occurs). (4 points) A primary injury is the initial damage to the brain as a result of an accident (Hinkle & Cheever, 2014). The primary injury in this case occurred as a result of acceleration,…