Brain Injuries – Overview of the Invisible Injury
Brain injuries are devastating, life changing, and they generally are not obvious to the casual observer. In fact, traumatic brain injuries are called the “silent epidemic” and the “invisible injury” largely in part because victims sometimes aren’t even aware that something is wrong.
Read More…What is “Mild” Traumatic Brain Injury?
Historically, words such as “mild”, “moderate”, and “severe” were utilized to define brain injury. For many years, these terms were utilized based on duration of loss of consciousness.
Today, it is universally accepted that brain injury can occur without loss of consciousness,without direct external trauma to the head, and without positive findings on CT, MRI, or other sophisticated diagnostic testing.
Statistics of Traumatic Brain Injury
If trauma-caused brain injury were instead disease-resulting, it would be labeled a “plague of epidemic proportions. Only slightly exaggerated, the fact remains that the frequency of traumatic brain injury is extremely high.
Read More…Rehabilitation & Treatment
Survivors of traumatic brain injury are likely to receive hospital and rehabilitative care from a wide range of professionals. Indeed, a multi-disciplinary treatment and rehabilitative approach is justified in cases of traumatic brain injury. A very brief summary of the role each professional may play follows.
Read More…Organic Brain Injury and/or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Emotional distress following a traumatic brain injury can be both real and debilitating. Often times, severe emotional distress will mimic many of the characteristics of organic brain dysfunction. It is the treatment that differs in each case, however.
Read More…Must Know Facts for Every Brain Injury Lawyer
Here are some simple facts that every brain injury attorney must know:
Did you know that a person can have a serious, permanent and disabling traumatic brain injury, even though:
Read More…Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Those who sustain concussion, hemorrhage, significant loss of consciousness, coma, and/or skull fractures are typically diagnosed as having sustained a “moderate” to “severe” traumatic brain injury.
Injuries of this nature are generally detectable on CT, MRI, and other imaging devices. In many instances, the patient’s very survival is an issue. Brain swelling, contusion and edema are likely complications. In virtually all cases, quality of life is a premier end goal.
Read More…Choosing a Brain Injury Lawyer
Few of us realize how pervasive the law is in our lives until we get into a dispute with someone else. Then we are amazed to discover what a tangled web of law there is, and how complex and endless the rules seem.
Read More…Biomechanics of Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury or a closed head injury can occur when the head is subjected to a direct external impact. Likewise, injury can occur when the head is subjected to a sudden acceleration and then is suddenly stopped. A sudden acceleration/deceleration often follows a violent flexion – extension movement of the head. This response is extremely common in rear-end vehicle collisions.
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