Head injury Any trauma to the scalp‚ skull or brain‚ TBI. Head trauma includes an alteration in consciousness‚ no matter how brief. Common causes: motor vehicle crashes and falls. Firearm‚ assaults‚ sports-related injuries‚ recreational accidents. Deaths occur at three points in time after injury: 1) Immediately 2) within 2 hours 3) 3 weeks after the injury GCS on arrival is also a strong predictor of survival: GCS < 8 30% to 70% chance of survival. GCS > 8 indicating >90% survival. Neurological
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Traumatic Brain Injury or Head Injury 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. The symptoms of a head injury may occur immediately following trauma‚ or they may develop slowly over several hours or days. Specific types
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Did you know that if you head a soccer ball more than 12‚000 times in a 12 month time span you will have a huge chance of losing some of your brain memory and a lot more!. This is according to a study made by the RSNA organization. The U.S soccer association is closely watching this huge conflict in the youth soccer world. This has become a huge discussion in the U.S Soccer Association. There have been studies in the past years about this issue. According to the Scientific American studies there
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Peitzman et al.‚ 2008‚ a plain-film radiograph (i.e.‚ skull x-ray studies) has limited indications in patients with blunt head injury. Plain films are sometimes indicated for penetrating injuries of the skull to determinate the course‚ location‚ or a number of gunshots or foreign body fragment‚ as well as possible depressed skull fragment. Patient with a significant head injury‚ history of loss of consciousness (LOC)‚ or postconcussive sequelae required immediate evaluation by CT scan. CT scan of
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“Write your injuries in dust‚ your benefits in marble”‚ Benjamin Franklin stated. It was a Tuesday night late winter in Austin at Westwood High School. Tonight was the night we competed with one of district rivals the Westwood Warriors‚ and where both teams would put everything on the line in order to win the game hoping to better the chances of securing a state playoff spot. The game remained equal at 0 to 0 till the second half‚ where we finally with 10 minutes left in the game took the lead. The
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It may only take a couple of seconds for a college football player’s career or season to be taken away from him. Hundreds of college football players get hurt every year; most are sidelined for just a couple of weeks. Some players‚ however‚ lose their entire season and even careers to just one injury. When a player is not able to play the entire season‚ they may lose their scholarship. Standing on a football field’s sideline with an injury is one of the worst feelings a player can have. Normally
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school boys have died due to football related injuries. Andre Smith was the most recent student to join the list. This year alone there have been seven football related deaths. These statistics often raise the question‚ “Why?” Despite the frequency of these unfortunate events‚ not many steps have been taken to avoid future accidents. The impact of these deaths are visible in the declining number of students enrolling to play football for the past 4 years. Although football has been one of the most popular
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The NFL and Head Injuries: Should the NFL be Held Liable? Cameron B. Ford ENG 325 Intermediate Composition Prof. I. Muhammad May 12‚ 2014 The NFL and Head Injuries: Should the NFL be Held Liable? Head injuries caused by collisions during play in tackle football games can be linked to depression‚ violent behavior‚ and occasionally even death in former NFL professionals‚ one can argue the National Football League is not liable for injuries‚ behaviors‚ or death of current or past players as
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remaining until the beginning of the 2015 National Football League season‚ Buffalo Bills coaches and fans have been growing concerned about the availability of keys players going into the season opener in Buffalo against a very tough Indianapolis Colts team. With the release of Friday’s injury report‚ many of those concerns have been put to rest. While wide receivers Robert Woods (hip)‚ Percy Harvin (hip) and Chris Hogan (knee) have all been nursing injuries through the preseason‚ it appears as though
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Football as well as many other sports require a tremendous amount of contact around the area of the head. Forty-Seven percent of all reported sports concussions occur during high school football. Over the years‚ many head related injuries have become more common while playing high school sports. People used to be careless of head injuries until the numbers of concussions that have been occurring began to raise quickly. Because of this people are starting to take action and becoming more aware of
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