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September 28, 2009

Jury Awards $49 Million in Brain Injury Case

A jury awarded $49 million in damages to a college student who was on his way to a camping trip when two trucks collided, causing him traumatic brain injury. The young man was riding in an automobile when the two trucks collided at or near the center line. He was struck by the truck. His brain injuries necessitate round-the-clock medical care. The jury awarded $3.4 million in past medical expenses, $27.6 million in future medical expenses, $4.5 million for future lost wages and $13.5 million in general damages. The defendants are jointly and severally liable for the special damages. His attorney believes that these figures represent the staggering cost of care to individuals sustaining traumatic brain injury. Truck drivers must be careful to avoid such accidents that result in brain injury. To read more about the jury verdict, please click the link.

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Posted In: Brain trauma from car accidents, Car Accident/Truck Accident, Verdicts and Settlements

September 21, 2009

Soldiers Brain Injuries from Blasts in Afghanistan take a Toll

It’s estimated that 20% of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury caused by the impact of improvised explosive devices. The medics in Afghanistan have seen an increase in TBI cases in the past eight months. The aid station is capable of stabilizing patients until they can be transported to a larger base for treatment, but it’s not equipped to treat traumatic brain injury. They can only assess them, treat signs and symptoms because they don’t have a lab. Traumatic brain injury is an “invisible wound” which makes it difficult to diagnose. Medics say the increase in traumatic brain injury cases is a serious problem in Afghanistan. If a soldier is hit by an IED three times, the victim can be taken off patrols in order to avoid brain injury. To read more about the war’s injuries, please click the link.

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Posted In: Traumatic Brain Injury, Veterans suffering from brain injuries

September 21, 2009

Student-Athlete Works his Way Back From Brain Injury

In March of 2007 a young freshman in High School was tossing batting practice when a stray line drive found its way around a protective screen and struck the boy. He incurred a brain injury called expressive aphasia, leaving him with symptoms similar to a stroke victim. He had difficulty speaking and walking for a time. However, after 10 months he was back on the varsity boys’ team. Today you wouldn’t even now that he had suffered a traumatic brain injury. He worked hard and recovered from the brain injury. This case highlights the number of sports injuries that result in traumatic brain injuries. To read more about the brain recovery, please click the link.

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Posted In: Brain injuries in children, Brain injuries in sports

September 15, 2009

News Radio Host Returns After Suffering Brain Injury

A radio personality will return to work after enduring a traumatic brain injury which affected his speech and mobility. The host endured the head injury after a car crash. He spoke about his treatment and how frustrated he was after the doctors told him he may never be the same. The doctor’s had told the host that he may not be able to trust his brain. After the brain injury doctors told the man that his brain is going to tell him certain things that are completely wrong. The radio host will now use his experience to educate the public about traumatic brain injuries which effect approximately 1.5 million Americans each year. To read more about the brain injury, please click the link.

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Posted In: Brain trauma from car accidents, Car Accident/Truck Accident

September 13, 2009

Parasailing Accident Ends In Traumatic Brain Injury

A parasailing accident has left a mother and son seriously personally injured. The 17-year-old boy was rigged to the parasail and attempting to take-off from a ledge around 10 feet above the waterline. The boy’s mother and several bystanders were on the ledge watching this take off. However, as the boat began to pull away, the sail turned sideways and entangled the boy’s mother, dragging her a few feet before she fell off the ledge. She then fell onto her head along the shore. The boy hit the ledge several times before plummeting into the water. The mother as sustained a traumatic brain injury in the parasailing accident. They were both airlifted to the hospital for treatment of their head injuries. Police officials have issued a citation to the boat operator in the parasailing accident. To read more about the brain injury, please click the link.

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Posted In: Boat Accident, Traumatic Brain Injury

September 10, 2009

Brain Injury Therapy Available For Iraqi War Veterans

The Department of Defense has estimated the number of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans with combat-related traumatic brain injury could reach 360,000. While many of these victims are looking for help, it appears that some legislators are championing a treatment that seems to work. This is called hypberbaric oxygen therapy. This therapy has successfully treated 28 traumatic brain blast-injured service members and veterans. This type of brain injury can have and is having devastating and life-changing effects on soldieries and their families. Congress should be working harder to finding help for those with traumatic brain injury, especially for those who cannot afford expensive treatment. There is a clinic in San Diego that will help those with head injuries. To read more about brain injury therapy, please click the link.

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Posted In: Brain Injury Recovery, Iraq War

September 9, 2009

Parents Ask For Mandatory Testing after Head Injury

One star high-school athlete experienced three separate concussions last year and has been side-lined because of the head injuries. A concussion specialist recommended that he be benched for the rest of his academic year to allow his brain time to fully heal. His tale is one for all parents, to be cautionary of missed signs of brain injury. No one realized the extent of his brain injury’s while he was playing, for if they had he would not have been allowed to continue to play until his brain was properly rested. They now believe he has suffered second impact syndrome. This occurs when the brain swells rapidly before the symptoms from an earlier concussion have subsided. This can be a potentially life-threatening condition. His parents now want others to know of the dangers of allowing young athletes to continue playing after receiving a serious hit to the head. Sometimes a CAT Scan can’t even detect a concussion. Some high schools require mandatory ImPACT tests after head injuries. To read more about brain injuries in sports, please click the link.

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Posted In: Brain injuries in children, Brain injuries in sports

September 8, 2009

Brain Tissue May Regenerate in Traumatic Brain Injury

A research study shows that brain tissue may grow at a site of a traumatic brain injury by an injectable biomaterial gel. The research shows the biomaterial gel made up of both synthetic and natural sources may have a possibility to urge the growth of a patient’s own neural stem cells in the body, which can help mend the brain injury site. This could be the first step towards brain tissue regeneration. There has been an increase in brain injuries due to combat, which helped with the research. However, doctors believe that this research could be applied to head injuries caused by car accidents, falls and gunshot wounds. Recent brain injury studies have focused on using hypothermia or neuroprotection with pharmacological agents, but these have had little success. The new method shows that the hydrogel may be injected into the lesion site to direct the response of neural stem cells in the brain to supposedly redevelop normal brain tissue at the lesion site. To read more about the brain injury study, please click the link.

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Posted In: Brain Injury Detection, Brain Injury Recovery, Brain Injury Resources, Informational, Traumatic Brain Injury

September 2, 2009

Jury Awards $7.4 Million to Child Severely Brain Damaged by Hospital’s Failure to Properly Treat an Infection

Last week, a jury awarded a verdict of $7.4 million to a child who suffered permanent brain damage as a result of a hospital’s failure to treat an infection that eventually developed into meningitis.

The child was only one month old when she began showing symptoms of an infection at the hospital. Rather then administering antibiotics at the first signs of the infection, the doctors in the neonatal intensive care unit delayed treatment for eight hours, causing the infection to worsen. As a result of this negligence, the infection eventually progressed into meningitis which, in turn, lead to the child suffering brain damage.

The child has since been fitted with a permanent shunt to drain excess fluid from her brain and prevent the buildup of intracranial pressure, which could cause further brain damage. Now, at the age of five, she requires both physical and behavioral therapy.

For more on this hospital’s failure to treat the infection, click here.

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Posted In: Brain Injury Lawsuits, Brain Injury Recovery, Brain injuries in children, Brain injury trials, Medical Malpractice, Verdicts and Settlements

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