Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem in the United States. Each year‚ traumatic brain injuries contribute to a substantial number of deaths and cases of permanent disability. A TBI is caused by a bump‚ blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Not all blows or jolts to the head result in a TBI. The severity of a TBI may range from “mild‚” i.e.‚ a brief change in mental status or consciousness to “severe
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Today‚ the sports are played with speed‚ precision‚ and power. With these changes have come increased injuries‚ and female athletes have higher injury rates than men in many sports. Knee injuries have been rising in female sports. Anterior crutiate ligament (ACL) injuries have become the most common injury in the knee to female athletes. Females are four times more susceptible to injury then men. The ACL is a dynamic structure whose main function is to provide primary restraint to anterior
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Understanding Work Related Injuries Felecia Burse HCR/230 October 3‚ 2012 Benita Fisher Workers compensation is insurance that a employer provides coverage for employees who have suffered an injury or illness resulting from job related duties‚ the coverage include medical and rehabilitation cost and loss of wages‚ the insurance can be purchased from a licensed insurance company by the employer‚ if a employee dies because of a work related injury or illness those considered to
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to ankle injuries‚ particularly injuries to the peroneal tendon. This is mainly due to the increase in boot stiffness since the elimination of figures and shift of training focus to freestyle‚ mainly‚ jumping. Today‚ boots must be stiffer than ever to accommodate impact from more triple and quadruple jumps (Porter et al. 2007). This in turn causes ankles to become weaker and injury rates to increase‚ especially due to poor training habits. According to estimations‚ up to 78% of injuries could be
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Since 2004‚ 92 high school boys have died due to football related injuries. Andre Smith was the most recent student to join the list. This year alone there have been seven football related deaths. These statistics often raise the question‚ “Why?” Despite the frequency of these unfortunate events‚ not many steps have been taken to avoid future accidents. The impact of these deaths are visible in the declining number of students enrolling to play football for the past 4 years. Although football has
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Head injury Any trauma to the scalp‚ skull or brain‚ TBI. Head trauma includes an alteration in consciousness‚ no matter how brief. Common causes: motor vehicle crashes and falls. Firearm‚ assaults‚ sports-related injuries‚ recreational accidents. Deaths occur at three points in time after injury: 1) Immediately 2) within 2 hours 3) 3 weeks after the injury GCS on arrival is also a strong predictor of survival: GCS < 8 30% to 70% chance of survival. GCS > 8 indicating >90% survival. Neurological
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Understanding Work Related Injuries By Debbra Murphy Axia College of University of Phoenix “Worker’s compensation is a social insurance program that provides medical care‚ cash benefits‚ and rehabilitation services to workers who are disabled fro a job related accident of disease.” (anglefire.com) Worker’s compensation started in the 1800’s in Germany‚ when it was seen that workers injured while working for a company needed to be taken care of so they did not suffer physically or financially
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Jim Meyer Personal Research 6.16.2014 Moral Injury This juggernaut of war has crushed millions of humankind. Its savagery and decadence is consummate. Such butchery has patently marked all the wars of this century and before. This cannibalization of mankind on its own is unparalleled. Scenes of human massacre that few persons would believe will be imprinted perpetually in the minds of the combatants. Many of those who experience the immoral‚ offensive and degrading trauma of war can be physically
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thought to what decisions could result in injury. For the most part‚ knew what could get me seriously hurt or what could have life-changing consequences in the future‚ but I when I decided whether or not to do something‚ an injury wasn’t the first thing that crossed my mind. It was normally already halfway in before that I realized I could get hurt‚ but‚ luckily‚ I had never broken a bone or been to the hospital and had never really had a significant injury that I can really remember. However‚ when
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against a very tough Indianapolis Colts team. With the release of Friday’s injury report‚ many of those concerns have been put to rest. While wide receivers Robert Woods (hip)‚ Percy Harvin (hip) and Chris Hogan (knee) have all been nursing injuries through the preseason‚ it appears as though all of them should be ready to go since there injury status is currently listed as "probable." The more pressing issues were injuries to recently signed free agent and former All-Pro running back LeSean McCoy
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