Ingrid was a social worker, wife, and mother who live in a two story colonial home with her husband and two daughters, aged 8 and 15 years old. She was active in the school of her children, serving on committees and volunteering to read in the classroom. In addition, she attended to church habitually, even though her husband did not accompany her. Her interests included swimming, snorkeling, and hiking, based on previous family vacations. Not only was she close to her immediate family, but also with her college friends living throughout…
The patient is a 43-year-old female who sustained an injury on 08/01/16. The patient was instructed to attach a large 60-pound filter tank with a pump onto the hitch of the truck. As the patient was unloading the tank, the patient lost her grip on the top edge of the tank, which weighed greater than a 100 pounds. As a result, it struck the top of her head, which made her unconscious. She also complained of excruciating pain in the back, bilateral shoulders, right hand, neck, and head.…
1. Family members of a patient who has a traumatic brain injury ask the nurse about the purpose…
Ray Easterling, former Falcons NFL player, was drafted in the 9th round,in 1972. He played for 7 years and started for 4 years. He was a leader on the team and even set many NFL and team records. He died May, 19, 2012. He was hit hard during a game and received a concussion. The coaches, athletic trainers, other medical staff and even the refs did not think that it was necessary to pull him from the game. Easterling continued to play through the concussion and it got worse hit after bruising hit. As time went on, Ray began to show signs of depression and insomnia, as it progressed he developed dementia and had trouble focusing, relating to people and organizing his thoughts. He suffered with all of these things 20 years after that horrifying…
In the United States 1.4 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury each year. Doctors and practitioners have devoted their research into curing symptoms associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Hypothermia has been shown to have neuroprotective effects, although it remains controversial to this day. The neuroprotective effect will minimize the effects induced from secondary brain injuries. Hypothermia prevents cell death by inhibiting…
This paper reports the findings in the brains of five patients who' survived a closed head injury in a more or less decerebrate and extremely demented state, for five to 15 months. These cases were selected from a series of patients who died after prolonged coma or other severe disturbances of consciousness following head injury. Both clinically and pathologically they form a distinct group. The head injuries were uncomplicated, that is, there were no fractures of the skull, no intracranial haematomata or lacerations of the brain, and in particular there was no evidence of raised intracranial pressure at any time, yet the patients remained quadriparetic and almost totally unresponsive from the time of the accident. Pathologically the main finding,…
Football plays a great part in the United States. It is a part of our culture and is a part of the atmosphere in the fall when school is about to start. It is an amusing experience for a lot of people and their families. This is what make football a part of our culture. One thing to actually think about though is what is essentially happening to the children, the young adults, and athletes involved in this sport; they are growing older then, attending college or even playing professional football with head injuries. Understanding that in football there are many collisions of the head to somebody else’s head or other body parts. Although, the brain sits inside of a cranial vault, also known as the skull. Even wearing the best equipment…
A head injury occurs as a result of trauma to the scalp, skull or brain. Head injuries are classified as closed, in which there is no cut or laceration to the skin, or penetrating, in which the skin and/or bone of the skull is broken. Traumatic brain injuries range from mild (called mild traumatic brain injury) to severe.…
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, also known as CTE is a progressive degenerative brain disease. It is a lot like alzheimer's and dementia in the sense that both Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and alzheimer's/dementia have similar symptoms. Some symptoms of CTE Include memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, impulse control problems, aggression, depression, anxiety, suicidality, parkinsonism, and eventually, progressive dementia. As you can see in the thermal scan above the brain is progressively getting worse. According to Alzheimer's Association, these symptoms often begin years or even decades after the last brain trauma blow to the brain or the end of active athletic involvement. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy can be caused by not just…
The aspect of a healthy brain versus an unhealthy or injured brain is immense, not just in the view of mental interactions but also the physical side of it as well. The picture of the injured brain looks different to the picture of the healthy brain. It looks deformed and also some indications of a subdural hematoma. How this could affect daily life…
The authors of the first article titled, “Traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and current suicidal ideation among Iraq and Afghanistan U. S. veterans” are Wisco, Blair E., Marx, Brian P., Holowka, Darren W., Vasterling, Jennifer J., Han, Sohyun C., Chen, May S., Gradus, Jaimie L., Nock, Matthew K., Rosen, Raymond C. and Keane, Terence M. The article is found in the Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol 27(2), Apr, 2014. pp. 244-248.…
Bibliography: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC - Statistics - Traumatic Brain Injury. 2011. document.…
First described in the year 1928 (McKee 2010), Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that has been found to be the cause of retired NFL linebacker Junior Seau’s suicide. The disease deteriorated his brain and hindered his ability to think logically. Seau is not the only retired NFL player found to have had CTE through autopsy following their death. Mike Webster was the first football player found to have CTE, when scientists found the characteristic buildup of the tau protein in his brain. Another significant…
Concussion, a mild traumatic brain injury, it may leave you temporarily unconscious and an aftereffect that will leave you confused and incapacity. These head injuries can be caused by violent blows to the head or can also be described as a violent shaking of the head or body. Since studies on head injuries have increased over the past years there has been a lot of attention on concussions, how they can be prevented and the affect that it has on the brain. The attention has been so high that the NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has come up with rules and regulations in an attempt to lower the rate of the injury during games. The rules and regulations go as far as fining the opposing player that caused the concussion. The extent of this injury…
Treatment of a head injury depends on how severe the injury is and also your overall health. Your doctor may prescribe medications to prevent blood clotting or seizures. Bleeding to the brain requires surgery to stop the bleeding; you may also need surgery to reduce the pressure in the skull if your brain is swelling. If the head injury is mild your doctor will just prescribe rest and advise a family member to monitor your condition. Long term effects depend on how severe the head trauma…