Traumatic brain injury

What is the Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury? "Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is something everyone should know about; every year 1.7 million people are affected from traumatic brain injury and the number keeps rising" (Xu L). I was not familiar with traumatic brain injury until I experienced it myself. Understanding what traumatic brain injury is, the effects of it, and how to recover from it are all important information to know. Traumatic brain injury is a brain dysfunction caused by an…

The injury was described by the Doctor to the author as concussion and the author has to do the patient examination and continuous assessment and transport the patient to tertiary hospital. The other presenting sign was loss of reflexes. The Traumatic Brain Injury was a result of head injury where the skin and the bone of the skull penetrated but closed injury. Concussion is the most common injury in which the brain received high impact. It was classified as moderate Traumatic Brain Injury which…

An injury can cause a significant damage to a person. In Oliver’s case, the damage led to a cerebral disorder. There are several numbers of cerebral disorders that may cause a raised intracranial pressure. This includes intracranial haemorrhage and fracture. It is a challenging task for nurses and the multidisciplinary health team to manage, control and prevent secondary injury to the patient. This case study will present how a motor vehicular accident can cause a great impact on a healthy…

Individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) frequently experience visual complications as a result of their injury. One of the common symptoms is a visual and visual perceptual deficit. I have 2 patients with visual perceptual of visual scanning deficit. They both avoid shifting their eye towards the opposite half of the visual space. This avoidance is creating asymmetric scanning pattern that is inaccurate and inefficient. These two patients are missing both detail and configuration in…

Traumatic Brain Injury Traumatic Brain Injury(TBI) can happen to anyone. It occurs from a blow or blunt force trauma to the head or brain. The severity of the injury depends on the amount of force and trauma that occurs during the accident. It can range from mild to severe with physical abilities and symptoms varying from each patient. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of disability and death in children and adolescents in the U.S. (“Brain Injury in Children-BIAA,” 2015).”…

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) occurs when an external force traumatically injures the brain and is also known as intracranial injury. Concussion symptoms were first described systematically in the 16th century by Berengario da Carpi and the first history of head injury dates back to the Mesopotamian era. TBI is classified based on the severity of the impact, the severity can vary from mild, moderate to severe TBI. Brain Injuries are major cause of death and disability worldwide specifically in…

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…

"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:…

Approximately 20% (320,000) of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are estimated to have mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Mild traumatic brain injury, defined as an injury to the brain as a result of blunt trauma or a jolt to the head, is considered the most widespread and undertreated injury of soldiers. Despite the lack of physical injuries, mTBI affects both the soldiers and their families, hindering family reintegration when the soldier returns home. This study is the first to…

types of injuries that can lead to Traumatic Brain Injury. There are two different types of traumatic brain injuries (TBI). One type of a TBI is called an open head injury. An open head injury is caused when the skull is punctured. Not all of open head injuries are fatal. When they are not fatal, then they usually cause a person to lose behavioral or sensory functions. These function loss is in the parts controlled by the area of the brain that is injured. The other type of brain injury is…