By Reason of Insanity: Should Defendants with Traumatic Brain Injuries Be Held Accountable for Their Actions Carolynn Sargent Everest University ENC 1102-12 12/28/12 “Six weeks after getting his driver’s license‚ Christopher Tiegreen was in a car collision near his home in Gainesville‚ Ga. Tiegreen’s Isuzu Trooper flipped several times‚ causing severe head injuries. A month later‚ Tiegreen emerged from a coma a different person. The impact of the crash caused damage to the frontal lobe of his
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Safety Helmets Head traumas have been a huge problem for athletes since sports first developed and today the problem has just increasingly gotten worse. There are many issues that the NFL faces‚ issues they have come up with and issues the players have come up with. Nate Jackson‚ a former NFL player‚ explains in his essay‚ “The NFL’s Head Cases‚” how there were new systems put in place for the safety of players. Some of these systems included fines‚ extra penalties‚ and warnings for future suspensions
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pads due to strong body to contact. The most important part of equipment in football is the helmet. The helmet consisted of a hard plastic shell with thick padding on the inside and a face mask to prevent many different types of injuries‚ such as concussions and serious brain damage. The helmet is also used to the player’s advantage in tackling the other players of the other team usually the one that has the ball. Football players usually play on a turf or grass field with cleats made for them to keep
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There are more than 1.8 million service members that have been deployed to the Middle East. According to O-donelle (cite)‚ approximately one-third military personnel served two tours of duty or more and with each deployment‚ there is an increased risk of combat stress‚ depression‚ and injuries. Due to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan‚ many service members return home with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or polytrauma. TBI occurs when a sudden trauma or head injury disrupts the function of the brain
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it involves your head. This is frightening!. Next‚ soccer players that keep on receiving these injuries are advised to stop. When I interviewed a doctor from the Lake county head and neck doctors he said “ Soccer players who have had two or more concussions in the past three months should stop playing the game and focus on your future”. Many people and officials agree with that. Study on
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Broken Dreams? Caroline Allen‚ 9 Bloomfield Hills High School Occasional bumps and bruises are expected to occur on athletes playing sports‚ but h igh school athletes account for an estimated two million injuries each year‚ having major effects on high school athletes futures. Today‚ many BHHS freshmen athletes are feeling the effects of sports injuries being hit with sports injuries early in their high school sports careers. As a result‚ many freshmen feel there are positive and negative effects of sports injuries based on how
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sort of injury‚ this may be more relevant in hotter climates. There are some injuries that crop up more than others and are common among most sports‚ for example a cuts and bruises which are minor injuries but come from direct impact to the body‚ concussion; which comes from a bang to head and can sometimes require a doctor and a number of days rest. Also knee joint injuries are common too; as this is a main joint needed to run and can take a lot of strain when taking part in an active sport. Wearing
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Battle’s sign (postauricular ecchymosis)‚ dural tear: otorrhea (CSF leakage out of the ear)‚ rhinorrhea ( CSF leackage out of the nose)‚ halo or ring sign (red blood surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid). Head injuries – diffuse or focal Diffuse: Concussion – a sudden transient mechanical head injury with disruption of neural activity and a change in the LOC – considered a minor head injury. Pt may or may not lose total consciousness. S/s – brief disruption in LOC‚ amnesia regarding the event (retrograde)
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* will be given to each student who posts his or her first post to the Group Project thread by no later than Saturday‚ October 27‚ 2012. * (5 possible) Group points. How well your group works together will give you 5 possible points. Ways to get points: build on each other’s posts (i.e. read group members’ posts and respond)‚ ensure all questions in the project thread are covered (in other words‚ don’t duplicate group members’ work - build on their answers or answer another question). Ways to
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A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury. A concussion can occur when a hit to the head or body causes the brain to quickly back and forth. (“What is a Concussion?”) When a person gets a repeated amount of concussions they can develop CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). CTE is a disorder that causes the brain to gradually deteriorate and lose mass. In 2002‚ doctors Bennet I. Omalu‚ M.D. and Julian Bailes‚ M.D. were able to diagnose the first professional football player with CTE. Since
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