Over 1,500,000 people suffer a traumatic brain injury each year - 85,000 or more of those suffering from long-term symptoms and over 50,000 will die. TBIs can cause bleeding in the brain which is especially serious and can lead to death if not treated immediately. Traumatic Brain Injury victims require medical care by skilled providers and representation by skilled and aggressive Brain Injury Lawyers to ensure the victim receives the proper medical care and compensation for their injuries.

COMMON CAUSES AND TYPES OF TRAUMATIC BRIAN INJURY
 

vehicle accidents: Car Accident Injuries cause 14% of brain injuries and 26% of all deaths stemming from brain injuries. Car Accidents can result in the vehicle occupants being ejected from the vehicle or thrown about the inside of the cabin, causing the head to impact with the steering wheel, dash, or pavement. If you or a loved one have been involved in a car accident and hit suffered any head injury or trauma, a physician or emergency care doctor should evaluate the injury to determine the extent of the damage as soon as possible.

Motorcycles And Bicycle Crash: Like Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents are likely to result in the rider suffering from a head injury. Motorcycle accidents are more likely to result in serious head injury than Car Accidents and any rider who was involved in an accident should see a physician or emergency care doctor evaluate the injury and determine the extent of the damage as soon as possible.

Birth Injuries: Difficult or unusual births or deliveries can result in traumatic brain injuries – this can be from the obstetrician handling the head or forcing delivery with forceps to help deliver the baby. 

Slips And Falls Injuries: Slip and fall injuries are one of the most types of injuries and can result in a direct and forceful blow to the head which if left untreated can cause serious TBI.

Cerebral Contusion: Bleeding or bruising of the brain caused by an impact to the head.

Coup-Contrecoup Concussion: A TBI that causes damage to multiple parts of the brain. The initial damage is caused to part of the brain where the impact happened, the secondary damage occurs to an area of the brain that was moved due to the force of the impact.

Diffuse Axonal Injuries: Caused by intense and repeated shaking or rotating – such as shaken baby syndrome or intense car accidents. 

Penetration TBI: Caused by direct impact and trauma to the brain - typically involves a fracture or break in the skull, often against the ground or by a foreign object.

Closed Head Injury: TBI where the skull has not been fractured or opened, these may not be initially apparent because the damage to the head may not be visible after the impact. A closed head injury can lead to increased pressure on the brain from unresolved bleeding. These are the most common type of traumatic brain injuries.

TREATMENT AND TESTS

TBIs are one of the most serious and life-altering injuries that someone can endure – however, not every TBI is easily identified or diagnosed at the outset – some can take time to present, and catching and treating these early is the key to preventing or reversing life-altering damage to the brain.

Some of the common tests to diagnose and determine a TBI are:

Cognitive Assessment: Problem-solving, memory, neuropsychological, and brain-behavior / sensory-motor processing. 

Imaging tests such as MRIs, CT scans, and other scans such as PET and SPECT

Functional impairment assessment 

Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). Based upon a person's ability to speak, open their eyes, and move. The score is scaled and the lower the score the more serious the TBI. 

Speech and language tests.