Ch. 56-61 (cont) Head Injury -trauma to head‚ including chg in LOC -traumatic brain injury= incr potential for poor outcome -immediately after‚ 2h after‚ 3 wk after‚ death common -*abnormal motor reflex‚ alt eye mvmt‚ hypotension= hypoxia= decr O2 in brain‚ incr ICP greater than 20 GCS measures speech‚ eye‚ motor -if greater than 8= 90% chance recov -if less than 8= 30-70% chance recov Scalp lac- most common type‚ profuse bld‚ complication is infx -skull fx- linear‚ depressed‚ simple
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Coup and countrecoup are classified as primary brain injury that is caused by direct impact and can be focal‚ affecting one area of the brain‚ or diffuse‚ involving more than one area of the brain. A bruise or contusion is caused by force that damages or destroys blood vessels. Coup and contrecoup injuries are contusions that result from a blow to the head‚ which leads to the brain to slam against the inside of the skull. Furthermore‚ coup injury is brain contusion that occurs at the point of impact
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is a issues in the current case which need to be solved. The issue is if Li can be held liable for the injuries suffered by Paul Henri. Paul Henri is diagnosed with a concussion by playing barrel rolling operating by Li when he was looking to get some more excitement in his life. Therefore‚ the question arises if it can be established that Li is liable under the law of negligence for the injuries suffered by Paul Henri. For this purpose‚ it need to be seen if Li had taken all reasonable steps due
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more time sitting out. In the article " Heads Up: Concussions in High School Sports says that " Multiple concussions relate to worse outcomes." This means that if an athlete already has a concussion and they return to the field and acquire another injury they are more susceptible to permanent
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A concussion is an injury of the brain that occurs when the brain collides with the skull or undergoes an impact of some sort. Most concussions are a result of a blow to the head‚ neck‚ or upper body‚ a violent jerking of the body. Symptoms of a concussion include dizziness‚ headaches‚ nausea‚ vision issues‚ seeing spots‚ problems focusing‚ lack of energy‚ pressure in the head‚ vomiting‚ ringing of the ears‚ being dazed‚ slurred speech‚ fatigue‚ temporary loss of consciousness‚ memory gaps‚ sensitivity
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Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is a type of child abuse that occurs when a child‚ most likely under the age of 1‚ is shaken so severely that is causes physical trauma. SBS can have extremely harmful consequences to the child. Many succumb to brain injuries‚ permanent disabilities‚ or even death. This type of abuse also has emotional effects on the children‚ leaving them at risk to develop emotional problems. There are many factors that lead to SBS‚ including characteristics of the infant‚ of the parent
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know that sports would become one of the largest marketing and mobile companies on the earth. Sports can wear on your body; it can also drastically wear on your brain. Concussion’s are the most serious injury in sports. Weider stated‚ “Brain injuries cause more deaths than any other sports injury” (42). Do we really know the truth about concussions and the effect they have on the brain? First‚ we must understand what concussions are and the dangers that they posses. From the latest data gathered
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to the superior border of the orbit are rare‚ and those to the lateral walls are even rarer. This is because the latter border is fortified with thicker bone and more muscle; thus‚ lateral fractures are seen in very severe accidents with extensive injury to the craniofacial area. Superior blowout fractures may involve the neighboring sinus as well as the anterior cranial fossa‚ thereby presenting with leakage of cerebrospinal fluid. Clinical presentation Succeeding trauma to the orbit‚ the patient
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believe this because the in the article entitled Concussions by the Mayo Clinic it states that some of the symptoms are headache‚ amnesia surrounding the event‚ nausea‚ memory impairment‚ vision issues‚ and bumps on head (Staff‚ 2014). This type of head injury is mostly experienced by athletes (Staff‚ 2014) who have a great impact with their head such as football players. Due to the fact that he has had concussions before due to a sport I think that this maybe the most reasonable answer. I also believe
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Abdirahman Abdi February 20‚ 2013 English 112‚ room B12 Professor Q. 1st Draft Traumatic Brain Injury in the NFL About 5.3 million people in the United States suffer traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year‚ (Center for Disease Control). The probability of succeeding TBI for people with previous brain injuries is quite high; a study shows a person with two TBI’s is eight times more likely to have another‚ than a person who never had head trauma. TBI has been most commonly associated with
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