Traumatic Brain Injury or Head Injury A head injury occurs as a result of trauma to the scalp‚ skull or brain. Head injuries are classified as closed‚ in which there is no cut or laceration to the skin‚ or penetrating‚ in which the skin and/or bone of the skull is broken. Traumatic brain injuries range from mild (called mild traumatic brain injury) to severe. The symptoms of a head injury may occur immediately following trauma‚ or they may develop slowly over several hours or days. Specific types
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1. Statement of Need/Rationale Traumatic injuries are a leading cause of death and disability for all age groups‚ with spinal cord injuries (SCI) and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) being among the most devastating. Both SCI and TBI can lead to paralysis and other life-altering health impairments. Most injuries are preventable‚ but education is key to helping people understand these vital parts of our nervous system‚ how they are important to us‚ what can occur if they are injured‚ and simple steps
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Physical factors are one the primary cause of injuries in sports and exercise for instance‚ a poor tackle in football‚ an awkward landing in gymnastics or poor warm-ups in sprinting. However‚ psychological researchers are continuing to show that thoughts‚ perceptions and aspects of personality may be linked to the incidence of injury. Stress and athletic injury Past research has seen the relationship between athletic injuries and psychological factors as essentially stress-related (1). In this
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The article “The Effect of Protective Headgear on Head Injuries and Concussions in Adolescent Football (Soccer) Players” by J. Scott Delaney‚ Ammar Al-Kashmiri‚ R. Drummond‚ and J. A. Correa‚ the authors examine the effectiveness of protective headgear in teenage athletes. For their study they focused on the Oakville Soccer Club in Oakville‚ Canada‚ using soccer players ages 12-17. The athletes were to fill out a questionnaire examining their 2006 season‚ asking information about concussions they
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Peitzman et al.‚ 2008‚ a plain-film radiograph (i.e.‚ skull x-ray studies) has limited indications in patients with blunt head injury. Plain films are sometimes indicated for penetrating injuries of the skull to determinate the course‚ location‚ or a number of gunshots or foreign body fragment‚ as well as possible depressed skull fragment. Patient with a significant head injury‚ history of loss of consciousness (LOC)‚ or postconcussive sequelae required immediate evaluation by CT scan. CT scan of the
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years the increase of head injuries has drastically become more common. People do not know why‚ but some people believe this is true because the games have become way more intense and become more physical. According to the AANS there have been 8‚392 head injuries under the age of 14 reported in one year. This is scary because that means that there are about 32 serious head injuries per day in a soccer game or practice. This is an awful start because one serious head injury in one game could mean you
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Burn injuries cause several physiological changes within in the body. A burn can come from thermal‚ chemical or electrical environments. The location and severity of the burn will determine the morbidity and mortality outcome. The risk of death increases with age‚ inhalation injury and burn area. Burns can cause tissue damage‚ electrolyte imbalance and organ system failure. There are several different depths of burns: First degree‚ Second degree‚ and Third degree. First degree burns (partial
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plexus injury we must first understand what the brachial plexus is. “The brachial plexus is a network of nerves formed by the union of cervical vertebrae (C5-C8) to thoracic vertebra (T1)” (McDonald & Pettigrew‚ 2014‚ 147). This means the plexus starts at the neck and into the armpit. Because of these nerves‚ we have feeling and strength from our shoulders to hands. Brachial plexus injuries are more common in males than females. This could be due to the causes of a brachial plexus injury. The main
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Accident Analysis and Prevention 32 (2000) 167 – 175 www.elsevier.com/locate/aap Neck injuries in car collisions — a review covering a possible injury mechanism and the development of a new rear-impact dummy Mats Y. Svensson a‚*‚ Ola Bostrom b‚ Johan Davidsson a‚ Hans-Arne Hansson c‚ ¨ b Yngve Haland ‚ Per Lovsund a‚ Anders Suneson d‚ Anette Saljo c ˚ ¨ ¨ ¨ Crash Safety Di6ision‚ Chalmers Uni6ersity of Technology‚ SE-412 96 Goteborg‚ Sweden ¨ b Autoli6‚ Research‚ SE-447 83 Vargarda‚ Sweden ˚
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traumatic brain injury may be classified based upon severity‚ which in turn may determine the prognosis of recovery. Severity types include mild‚ moderate‚ or severe. Mild traumatic brain injury is commonly known as a concussion. These types of injuries are often seen in sports. Concussions are defined in terms of the duration of confusion or loss of consciousness‚ which may not exceed 30 minutes (Traumaticbraininjury.com‚ n.d.a). Prognosis is good with these types of injuries‚ although patients
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