Accidents that Cause Traumatic Brain Injuries in Pennsylvania & New Jersey

Half of all traumatic brain injuries are caused by cars, motorcycles and bicycle accidents which usually end up in hospital settings.

Half of all TBI incidences have been inflicted when someone was alcohol is part of the equation.

Guns have the highest likelihood of causing traumatic brain injury death. More than half of gun-related brain injuries are self-inflicted. Gunshot wounds to the head are fatal the majority of time.

Infants and small children are also vulnerable to traumatic brain injuries, particularly as a result of being shaken violently and from child abuse.

Among the elderly, falls are the leading cause of traumatic brain injuries.

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Being struck by or against an object or colliding with a moving or stationary object also causes traumatic brain injuries. Over 2 million sports and recreational related TBIs occur in the United States each year. Most of these brain injuries are considered mild and not treated in a hospital or emergency room.

Numerous concussions are sustained each year in high-school contact sports. Among college football players, more than one-third has had one concussion and one-fifth have had multiple head injuries causing sustained neuropsychological impairments in problem solving, planning, and memory.

Blasts, explosions, gunshots and other rigorous activities is a frequent cause of major long-term TBI disability facing our men and women in war zones.

Medical malpractice is when a doctor or other healthcare provider provides substandard care. The patient or his family has a right to compensation for injuries. Substandard medical care is care that violates medical standards.

A traumatic birth injury would be considered a type of medical malpractice traumatic brain injury. Traumatic birth injuries may be gut- wrenching for both the baby and the parents. Examples of traumatic birth injuries include difficulty delivering oversized babies through not enough prenatal care or proactive preparation and brachial palsy when a baby loses her ability to rotate the arm. If tearing occurs, permanent nerve damage may result. Facial paralysis may happen with the improper use of forceps during delivery causing no movement on the side of the face and the eye cannot close. Spinal cord damage has caused paralysis.

Another medical malpractice case affecting traumatic brain injury is an anesthesia mistake or complication. Brain injuries are often the result of an anesthesia overdose which decreases the blood flow and oxygen to the brain. Anesthesia mistakes can happen when there is a failure to communicate among nurses, anesthesiologists, and physicians.

A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is suddenly interrupted or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, spilling blood into the spaces surrounding brain cells. Brain cells die when they no longer receive oxygen and nutrients from the blood or there is sudden bleeding into or around the brain. Strokes may happen any number of ways causing traumatic brain injuries. Pharmaceutical drugs, falls, acts of violence, colliding with objects, strokes are a side effect of traumatic brain injuries.

Failed suicide attempts also cause traumatic brain injuries. People may do enough damage to permanently injure themselves. If your brain goes without an oxygen supply for more than three minutes, people suffer permanent brain damage.

Falls from heights, ladders, scaffolds and step stools; slip-and-falls from wet floors in public places, cracked sidewalks, poorly covered manholes not only break bones but injure heads; and other traumas cause traumatic brain injuries. One moment life is normal and perfect and in a split second everything can change.

Car accidents happen. So do truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, and bicycle accidents. Wearing a helmet for the motorcycle and bicycle activities is a good thing but not a sure thing. Vehicle accidents account for the vast majority of traumatic brain injuries and the most serious too.

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When someone is near drowning, the brain experiences a lack of oxygen. Too many children fall into unattended swimming pools or their families are not paying attention. Not knowing how to swim will put them in panic mode. A lack of oxygen to the brain will cause a traumatic brain injury. Most of these incidences could be prevented.

The likelihood of suffering a concussion while playing a contact sport is estimated to be as high. Suffering a second concussion while still having symptoms from a previous concussion can be lethal. Physicians, trainers, and others who care for injured athletes disagree about the amount of time that must pass before an athlete with a concussion can safely return to play or the potential danger of returning too soon. Many athletes resume play prior to resolution of cognitive deficits. Because post-concussive symptoms can be quite subtle, coaches and often miss the diagnosis. Even doctors and sports medicine researchers do not even agree on what the word concussion means.

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