Injuries

"Brain injury referred to as traumatic brain injury (TBI), is defined as an alteration in brain function or other evidence of brain pathology caused by an external force. Acquired brain injury (ABI), is defined as an injury to the brain which is not hereditary, congenital, degenerative or induced by birth trauma. Today, any traumatic brain injury is an acquired brain injury, defined as any acquired disruption of brain function." Causes of TBI are trauma (open, closed, crushed, penetration:…

Personal Injury Attorneys at Law, represent victims. Finding Personal Injury Attorneys to work with you in your case is a huge relief because you have a professional that can be defense to your case. Dealing with any personal injury case is not easy and many victims find it hard to get fair representation. One cannot seem to get the right firm, willing to represent them since most do not have ready cash, others cannot get assistance due to ignorance of the society and in most cases, Injury…

inability to attend more than one object at a time, difficulty with drawing objects, lack of awareness of certain body parts and/or surroundings (Lehr2017). I feel that there should be stricter regulations on how soon a player returns after a brain Injury because of how much damage could be done to the brain and if there not ready to start back playing it could cause issues during a game such as dizziness which could cause that person to fall and get trampled on or even seriously hurt. If…

Team BRAIN BLAST’s researched on Blast-induced Traumatic Brain Injury (BTBI), an injury to the brain caused by pressurized waves from bomb blasts. The team BLAST is interested in attaining the pressure propagation data by simulating the shock waves created by a pressure chamber, by letting them to pass through the artificially created human head. In addition to pressure data, they also measured and collected blast magnitude from the pressure chamber and heat maps outside of the designed human…

as he could be paralyzed for life. Even with all of the reports informing A.B. to stop playing football, the head trainer of BTU went to a safety meeting and claimed that football players with this type of disease do not have a heightened risk of injury or paralysis. Ultimately, everyone allowed A.B and his parents make the decision and he chose to play. With three games left in the season, he was paralyzed, however, he eventually recovered and was able to move again.…

Many doctors and medical researchers have spent years on their exploration into spinal cord injuries. The encounters in which they have made have been used toward finding a new and innovative solution to these injuries in the hope of helping these patients walk or even move or feel again. Most of the injuries included are quite tragic such as partial or complete paralysis. Varying spinal cord injuries can come from the slightest impact or fall. They can occur from a failed attempt at a backflip…

Brain injuries where something my parents worried about when I was growing because I played numerous physical sports; I didn’t worry about the repercussions of high impact sports or what could have happened. Now as a professional educator I worry about my student’s educational ability due to a brain injury they may acquire or may have been born with. Why is a brain injury so important for educators to recognize? What happens to that child in the classroom after sustaining a brain injury? Does it…

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…

of Acute Substance Use and Pre-Injury Substance Abuse on Traumatic Brain Injury Severity in Adults Admitted to a Trauma Centre. Author The authors of this article are Nada Andelic, Tone Jerstad, Solrun Sigurdardotti, Anne-Kristine Schanke, Leiv Sandvik, and Cecilie Roe. Type of Research The type of research used in this study was quantitative. Purpose of Study The purpose of this study was to describe occurrence of substance use at time of injury and pre-injury substance abuse in patients…

Care of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury Spinal cord injury is an event that changes a person’s life forever. The classifications of spinal cord injuries are concussion, compression, contusion, laceration, and transection. Injury can be complete or incomplete (Nayduch., 2010). The type and location of the spinal cord injury will determine the care and management of the patient and subsequent complications that arise from the injury. The research will focus on evidenced-based medical, surgical…