Mar
30
Traumatic Brain Injury: Who Is Affected?
Though studies vary slightly, it is generally accepted that at least 1.4 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury each year in the United States. However, this figure only reflects the number of patients who seek treatment at the emergency department of a hospital or other medical facility; the number who do not seek care is unknown. This “mystery factor” in TBI demographics is of concern since many of the effects of traumatic brain injury can take months or even years to develop and manifest.
Gender
Men have been found to be as much as twice as likely as women to sustain a traumatic brain injury. However likely they are to be affected by brain damage, men have also been found to have better outcomes from TBI treatment. Medical professionals are unsure of the cause for worse brain damage outcomes in female victims; however, it may have to do with *** hormones or differences in brain structure.
Age
The population of brain-injured patients is generally acknowledged to skew towards the young side; in fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the two age groups most likely to suffer a brain injury are aged zero to four and 15 to 19. This is due to a high incidence of falls in the former group and motor vehicle accidents in the latter. Elderly individuals above 75 years of age are also more likely to suffer from traumatic brain injury due to slip and fall injuries connected to the aging process and medications.
What Are The Causes of Traumatic Brain Injury?
There are many causes for traumatic brain injury, but motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of TBI in victims across all age ranges and genders. Firearms and falls follow, but the causes of brain injury change depending on the age group in question. For example, the elderly are almost as likely to sustain TBI after a fall than a motor vehicle accident, while children often sustain TBI from blows to the head in abusive situations. Attempted ******* is an often-overlooked cause of TBI. Alcohol plays a notable role in traumatic brain injury, with figures ranging from 32 to 73 percent of all TBI incidents involving some degree of alcohol abuse. Other causes of TBI include boating, swimming, and occupational accidents.
What Are The Costs of Traumatic Brain Injury?
The most expensive and dramatic effect of TBI is death: out of 1.4 million traumatic brain injury cases per year, at least 50,000 patients die of their injuries. But there are other costs and complications of TBI, one of which is lifetime disability (80,000 of the 1.4 million cases will result in long-term disability). Though it is possible to survive a traumatic brain injury, the onset of disability has other consequences, which include personality changes and resultant family instability, financial insecurity due to the inability to work or hold down a job, and resulting lost productivity and reduced participation in activities of daily living.
Though perhaps nothing can put a dollar value on an individual’s loss of independence and daily life skills, there are distinct monetary losses associated with TBI. These include lost wages, inability to work, and social costs such as lost taxes and required state assistance. Some statistics estimate that traumatic brain injury costs the United States over $60 billion per year in combined costs.
If You’ve Been Affected by Traumatic Brain Injury
If you or a loved one has experienced the cost of traumatic brain injury, contact an experienced TBI attorney. Your traumatic brain injury lawyer can help you file a lawsuit and obtain the compensation you deserve for lost wages, medical costs, rehabilitation and future medical care.
Written By: Katie Kelley
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Mar
29
My uncle got denied medical service because he didnt have his ID?
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There? was 84, my uncle was in an event of the horse and my other uncle took him to a hospital and wanted to know if it was legal or illegal, he born here about. his wound from the blood clots pi? defective and obtained that lead to permanent brain damage, which could be retained if they have helped that hospital, think that you are right? now? met? vegetables and sits in the country on the day of alll, my grandparents have cited the hospital and have won the case. so you should do this to anyone who thinks they are illegal or not? I think that this is stupidit? Pure and racist
Mar
29
Traumatic Brain Injury and Memory Loss
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Depictions of head-injury patients in movies and television almost always show the patient experiencing some type of amnesia, or memory loss. Indeed, memory loss is the most common cognitive side effect of a severe traumatic brain injury. In patients with a milder TBI, memory loss is still one of the most common symptoms. And the more severe the patient’s memory loss is, the more severe the brain damage is likely to be.
Temporary Memory Loss and TBI
Some traumatic brain injury-related amnesia is temporary; such patients are usually unable to recall what happened directly before, during and after their accidents. This is often caused by edema, or a swelling of the brain in response to the damage it sustained. Because the brain is pressed against the skull, parts that were not injured are still not able to work. As the swelling goes down, the patient’s memory returns, often slowly over a period of weeks, months or even years. Temporary memory loss may also be an emotional response to the stress of the event that caused the TBI.
Other, less common, types of memory loss stemming from traumatic brain injury are fixed. These result from damage to the nerves and axons (connections between nerves) of the brain itself. Because the brain cannot heal itself like an arm or a leg, any function that is damaged during a TBI is permanently impaired unless the brain can learn to perform that function differently.
Fixed amnesia may include inability to remember events before the injury, or loss of memory of the meanings of certain things, such as words or smells or objects. Less commonly, a person may not remember skills he or she had before the TBI.
Brain Damage and Anteretrograde Amnesia
A patient with TBI may also develop anteretrograde amnesia — an inability to form memories of events that happened after the injury. The reason for this is not well understood, but an October 2006 study by researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia found that TBIs reduce the levels of a protein in the brain that helps it balance its activity. Without enough of that protein, the brain can “overload”, the researchers said, interfering with memory formation, particularly the ability to learn new things.
Treatment Options for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients with Amnesia
There is no treatment for memory loss caused by a traumatic brain injury; if the memory does not come back on its own, it is gone forever. However, a September 2006 study published in Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology, showed promising results in TBI patients with anteretrograde memory loss who took the drug rivastigmine.
The drug, which is sold to Alzheimer’s disease patients under the brand name Exelon, helped patients with moderate to severe memory loss score better on memory tests than another group of patients that took placebos. The results were not as good for patients who had only mild memory loss. If you suffer from traumatic brain injury-related memory problems, you may wish to contact an experienced TBI attorney to discuss your options, which may include filing a brain injury lawsuit in order to gain compensation for your medical costs.
Mar
26
My attorney is this normal what the time actually believe deserve more than what the arbitrators offered was in bad car accident the police report said 100 her fault but he didnt issue ticket we went to settle for less than what the arbitrators offered was.
For less will have to trial or will they are treating me less than what usually go to settle for less will they offer me like someone trying to trial now was hurt and suffered brain injury which theyre disputing hurt badly and still.
My attorney is away so cant talk to settle for less will have to arbitration and still am so cant talk to trial or will have to him until next week.
For less than what usually happens does it does it does it usually happens does it go to settle for less will have to avoid trial.
Mar
25
what is your take on the Hogan divorce?
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What means Linda wants from Hulk? More Hogan news DATE Added: November 26, 2007 story of: Marc Middleton – of TMZ.com: Even if it became Linda Bollea to fall calmly, the divorce of papers on hubby Hulk Hogan of the last week, the 48 years old celebuspouse is still hope to store their marriage. & quot; They hält to it say, & quot; Können we a way do not find, around this work? & quot; , A source of the Nähe married couple erzählt TMZ. & quot; It does not want, in order to see, smash the family. It really to work wants it out with it. But it is like the increase against a wall. It is heart darà ¼ ber.& quot; And the Hulkster is not in such a way gekitzelt à ¼ ber reports that he learned, that the splitting off from Florida newspaper a reporter. & quot; It gehört that it tatsächlich of its lawyer, & quot; we said. & quot; It was not à berraschung. It was comes fà ¼ r one while. They have themselves two different humans. Härten hit if it, it really brings it. And, if they were met schlieà lich with a genuine problem – (son nod, for 17, stands before crimes in Höhe of rà ¼ cksichtslosen driving starting from August a car wreck) – it simply not to get. & quot; – Of the Tampa Tribune: Linda Bollea wants to hren a portion of two characteristics it and its husband own as well as alimony, child maintenance and Anwaltsgebà local of many dollar ¼. The details are submitted this in a separation procedure petition it last week in Pinellas Circuit Court approximately berà ¼ hmte Ringer Hulk Hogan after 24 years marriage. The complaint says the marriage is & quot; irreparably kaputt.& quot; The two had a child – nod Bollea, 17, one arrested, those in this month in connection with a wreck that on the left of a passenger, John Graziano, with heavy injuries of the brain. Linda Bollea looks for child support and a life insurance for covering & quot; Child support fà ¼ r the case that Hogan dies, the petition heià t it. It wants, where they live beschlieà t, too nod Bollea the first domicile, with Hogan permitted liberal inspection, the petition heià t it. It wants to pay also Hogan nods to Bollea of the health insurance, the petition heià t it. Linda Bollea wants the pair the Vermögen fairly distributed – einschlieà lich the family $ .7.2 million manor-house on wanting aristocracy drive, a pavilion, two boat Davits, a pool, one well and three fire-places. It wants also a portion of separate 2 million a dollar of the water at home, the petition heià t it. Neither property has a mortgage on it, the petition heià t it. The pair also a free-hold flat in the building in read Vegas have; Linda Bollea wants a portion on that too. If the two do not work können, an arrangement, those characteristics should be ordered sold, with the money in equal parts between the two, the petition heià t it. Linda Bollea also says, it has not enough money to pay a lawyer, if Hogan does.
Mar
22
Memory Loss and Brain Injuries
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Peter Kent inquired:
When most people think of brain injuries, memory loss is one of the most common things that come to mind. Symptoms of a Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI include mild to severe memory loss, which is commonly referred to as amnesia. This can be a temporary condition, or a permanent one with more serious brain injuries.
Temporary Memory Loss and TBI
Some traumatic brain injury-related amnesia is temporary; such patients are usually unable to recall what happened directly before, during and after their accidents. This is often caused by the brain swelling as an effect of the sustained damage; this is also known as an edema. Because the brain has been pushed against the skull, even parts that were not directly injured are unable to function. As the swelling goes down, the patient’s memory returns, often slowly over a period of weeks, months or even years. Some patients who suffered from a traumatic brain injury may respond emotionally by experiencing temporary memory loss.
Other, less common, types of memory loss stemming from traumatic brain injury are fixed. These result from damage to the nerves and axons (connections between nerves) of the brain itself. Because the brain cannot heal itself like an arm or a leg, any function that is damaged during a TBI is permanently impaired unless the brain can learn to perform that function differently. Fixed amnesia may include inability to remember events before the injury, or loss of memory of the meanings of certain things, such as words or smells or objects. Less commonly, a person may not remember skills he or she had before the TBI.
Brain Damage and Anteretrograde Amnesia
A patient with TBI may also develop anteretrograde amnesia — an inability to form memories of events that happened after the injury. The reason for this is not well understood, but an October 2006 study by researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia found that TBIs reduce the levels of a protein in the brain that helps it balance its activity. Without enough of that protein, the brain can “overload,” the researchers said, interfering with memory formation, particularly the ability to learn new things.
Treatment Options for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients with Amnesia
There is no treatment for memory loss caused by a traumatic brain injury; if the memory does not come back on its own, it is gone forever. Fortunately, a study published in the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology called Neurology depicted encouraging results in patients suffering from TBIs with anteretrograde memory loss who took a drug called rivastigmine. The drug, which is sold to Alzheimer’s disease patients under the brand name Exelon, helped patients with moderate to severe memory loss score better on memory tests than another group of patients that took placebos. Patients who had only mild memory loss did not give as good of results. If you suffer from traumatic brain injury-related memory problems, you may wish to contact an experienced TBI attorney to discuss your options, which may include filing a brain injury lawsuit in order to gain compensation for your medical costs.
Mar
22
Can anyone answer this legal question concerning power of attorney?
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I’ll try to keep this short as possible. My friend has a boyfriend that was in a bad accident that resulted in brain injury. She’s been going at least once a week, sometimes two days, even the whole week at times to help take care of him, for I think close to 3 years (and it’s about 80 miles one-way). His mom and stepdad go everyday except the day(s) my friend goes. Anyway, my friend and the guy fell in love with each other throughout that time. He’s not able to walk or talk but he can write and motion, stuff like that, and he asked my friend to marry him. His mom figured things out and didn’t like the idea, so since she has power of attorney over him, she fixed things so that my friend nor anyone from her family, a messenger, no one whatsoever can get ahold of him. Anyway, my question is does anyone know of any loophole to where she can go see him whether his mom likes it or not? She’s known the guy since they were kids & breaks her heart to think she’ll never see him again.
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Thanks for your answers so far. I also should’ve mentioned that he had the accident a couple months before my friend started helping out with him. So she knew him pretty well before the accident and the guy knows what his feelings are.
Also, he can’t write a lot, just a word here and there and at times a few sentences. Some things are hard to make out, so I don’t think he’d be able to be the one to make something happen.
An unfortunately, yes his mom is also his guardian.
Mar
20
Brain Injury Compensation: How to Make a Claim in the UK
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Mar
18
Assessing Traumatic Brain Injury – The Glasgow and Rancho Los Amigos Scales
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The Glasgow Coma Scale
The Glasgow Coma Scale allows doctors to place a numerical value on the amount of consciousness they perceive in a brain-injured patient. It is essentially a mathematical formulation in which motor response, verbal response and eye opening are added together to create a numeric value that stands for the degree to which the TBI patient is in a coma state (in which “coma” is defined as unable to obey commands, speak coherently or open the eyes).
The Glasgow scale is as follows:
Eye Response (E):
* Eyes open spontaneously (4);
* Eyes open to speech [not to be confused with a sleeping person awakening, which rates a 4 on the scale] (3);
* Eyes open to pain [pain is administered by applying pressure to the fingernail of the victim, with other measures implemented if there is no response] (2);
* Eyes do not open (1).
Verbal Response (V):
* Oriented – patient is able to respond to queries about date, time, place, and his name and age (5);
* Confused – patient is somewhat disoriented, though he or she can respond coherently when questioned (4);
* Inappropriate words – patient cannot engage in conversation and forms sentences of random words or utters individual words at random (3);
* Incomprensible sounds – patient makes moaning sounds or other verbalizations, but does not form words (2);
* No verbal response (1).
Motor Response (M):
* Obeys commands – patient can complete simple tasks when asked (6);
* Localizes to pain – patient can try to prevent or change pain administered by a doctor (5);
* Withdraws from pain – patient flexes, flinches or pulls the body away when pain is administered (4);
* Flexion to pain (3);
* Extension to pain (2);
* No motor response (1).
After assessing numbers for each area, the practitioner adds them together for a final score. A score of eight or under indicates that the patient is in a coma; at least 50 percent of patients at an eight score or lower more than six hours after TBI will die. A score of 9 to 11 indicates a moderate coma or injury, while a score of 12 or higher means a moderate injury.
The Rancho Los Amigos Scale
The Rancho Los Amigos Scale was developed to help practitioners, families and therapists to understand a brain injury victim’s progression through the rehabilitation process. Though it stipulates “levels” of recovery, it is possible for patients to exhibit characteristics of different levels simultaneously, and plateaus are common in recovery. The scale is not intended to predict outcomes of traumatic brain injury.
The Rancho Los Amigos Scale is as follows:
* Level I – No Response – Patient cannot respond to external stimuli including sound, touch, or speech;
* Level II – Generalized Response – Patient can respond to stimuli only inconsistently and may open the eyes without appearing to see or focus;
* Level III – Localized Response – Patient may respond to simple commands; patient responds inconsistently to external stimuli;
* Level IV – Confused, Agitated – Patient is in a state of agitation and exhibits excitable behaviors that may range to the abusive or aggressive;
* Level V – Confused, Inappropriate, Non-Agitated – Patient is unable to process new information and may display verbally inappropriate behavior; patient can follow commands and appears alert;
* Level VI – Confused Appropriate – Patient has some self-awareness and can be taught simple tasks; patient’s attention and memory span are improving;
* Level VII – Automatic Appropriate – Patient no longer seems confused, but carries out tasks in a “robotic” fashion; patient appears normal but has poor judgment and needs guidance;
* Level VIII – Purposeful Appropriate – Patient is oriented as to time and place and exhibits alertness and functionality.
If You’ve Been Affected By Traumatic Brain Injury
If you or a loved one has been in a coma or has experienced the effects of TBI, consider contacting an experienced brain injury attorney. Your traumatic brain injury lawyer may be able to obtain compensation for your injury including paying for medical bills, surgeries and therapies, covering the costs of lost wages and future medical care.
Written By: Alan Haburchak
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Mar
14
Alan Haburchak inquired:
Motorcycle accidents are a well-known leading cause of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Together with auto accidents, they are the single largest cause of brain injury in the United States. One out of every five motorcycle accidents results in head or neck injuries, which account for most motorcycle fatalities. And partly because drivers often do not see motorcyclists or yield them the right-of-way, motorcyclists are at higher risk of an accident than drivers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that, per mile traveled in 2003, a motorcyclist was 32 times more likely to die in an accident than a passenger in a car.
Motorcyclists, even those who wear helmets, are most likely to sustain non-penetrative injuries to the front of the head, damaging parts of the brain responsible for speech and higher functions. Those without helmets may also be susceptible to a penetrating brain injury, in which an object enters the head and skull, damaging the soft tissue of the brain itself.
Helmets Essential to Prevent Traumatic Brain Injury
Study after study shows that the best way to prevent a traumatic brain injury is to wear a helmet approved by the federal Department of Transportation. (Some also carry approval from the Snell Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to testing the effectiveness of commercial helmets.) In January of 2006, only four states in the U.S. Colorado, Illinois, New Hampshire and Iowa had no law at all requiring motorcyclists to use helmets. Twenty-six others had limited helmet laws, usually ones that require helmets for riders who are under 18 or 21.
But even in states without strict helmet laws, riders are still strongly advised that their chances of death or serious head injury are seriously reduced by wearing a helmet. A rider’s failure to equip passengers, particularly passengers who are under 21, with helmets may be considered negligent. And if the helmet is below state and federal standards, poorly fitted, old or has been through a previous accident, that helmet is not safe, may not be legal and will not prevent death, brain damage or another traumatic injury.
Other Brain Injury Risks for Motorcyclists
Even though proper equipment significantly cuts down a motorcyclist’s chance of a traumatic brain injury, it is not foolproof. Riders must stay aware of other factors that could lead to a motorcycle accident involving a traumatic brain injury. Motorcyclists are advised to check their bikes and equipment for problems before each ride; adjust the suspension and tire pressure of the motorcycle when carrying a passenger; wear boots, gloves and other protective gear; and adjust for changing road conditions.
The cost of an accident that causes traumatic brain injury can be severe. A traumatic brain injury causes brain damage that can range from a mild concussion to severe, life-changing disabilities such as trouble communicating, personality changes, schizophrenia or even a coma. Because the brain cannot heal itself the way other organs do, these are often lifelong problems that cost tens of thousands of dollars to treat. They also place a severe emotional and financial burden on the injured person’s family members. If you or someone you know is the victim of a motorcycle accident causing traumatic brain injury, it is essential to seek out an expert in accidents and TBI who can help reconstruct the accident and secure compensation.