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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Burn injuries cause several physiological changes within in the body. A burn can come from thermal‚ chemical or electrical environments. The location and severity of the burn will determine the morbidity and mortality outcome. The risk of death increases with age‚ inhalation injury and burn area. Burns can cause tissue damage‚ electrolyte imbalance and organ system failure. There are several different depths of burns: First degree‚ Second degree‚ and Third degree. First degree burns (partial
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The Invisible Injuries Of An Automobile Accident: Understanding The Psychological Impacts And How To Cope Car accidents change lives‚ but in different ways for different people. Even if you’re not physically hurt‚ you may have sustained psychological or invisible injuries that can destroy life as you know it. Here’s how to understand what’s happened‚ so you can cope with it effectively. What These Invisible Injuries Are And How They Change Your Ability To Function From the outside‚ you look completely
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Anything that our brain controls could be altered either temporarily or permanently . Brain injury kills more individuals ‚ under the age of twenty ‚ than any other cause combined . Brain injury caused by head trauma is the greatest killer under the age of fortyfive and the greatest cause of disability in people under fortyfour
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Musculoskeletal injuries are characterized by the presence of discomfort‚ disability‚ or persistent pain in the joint‚ muscles‚ tendons‚ and other soft tissues‚ caused or aggravated by repeated movement and prolong awkward or forced body posture (1). The prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal injuries is significant in many professions‚ and this has had a marked impact on professionals (2). The etiology and risk factors associated with many of these occupational injuries are not well understood
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A Lanfranc injury is due to if the bones in the midfoot are broken or the ligaments that support the midfoot are torn. This injury is often mistaken for a simple sprain because a twist of the foot could cause it. You can’t just walk it off like most coaches would say to his player you have to take care of it and it could take a few months and could also require surgery for it to heal properly. You can hurt the midfoot by a slip or fall or in my case just walking on a flat surface. It also can come
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Over the years ACL injuries have ruined and ended many athlete’s career merciless‚ but have you ever wondered what are the causes of this injury? According to American Academy of Orthopedic surgeons (AAOS). An estimated 200‚000 ACL injuries occur annually and 100‚000 ACL surgery operated each year‚ and it may increase.1 In order to prevent ACL injury‚ it is necessary to know the risk factors and to analyze the most frequent causes of ACL injuries. ACL injuries can occur while playing sports‚ or in
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Life is unpredictable at the best of times and when you suffer a personal injury that was not your fault you may find the consequences are life changing. Claiming compensation for injuries caused by the negligence of a third party is your right but it is not something you should contemplate doing yourself - unless you have extensive legal knowledge of personal injuries that is! Personal injury claims are notoriously complex‚ requiring expertise not only in this particular area of law‚ but also when
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and falls happen while at work‚ which can take an employee to the hospital and leave them unable to work due to their injury. Here is what you should do if a workplace injury happens to you. Let Your Employer Know Immediately You need to immediately notify your employer about the injury so there is no doubt about when and where it happened. This helps create a record about the injury so there are no questions later on about how it happened. Let them know details about how it happened‚ who witnessed
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tissues of the neck. This type of injury may result from: • Auto accidents. Rear-end collisions are the most common cause of whiplash. • Physical abuse or assault. Whiplash may also result from incidents of being punched or shaken. Whiplash is one of the injuries sustained in shaken baby syndrome. • Contact sports. Football tackles and other sports-related collisions can sometimes cause whiplash injuries. Signs and Symptoms They usually develop within 24 hours of the injury and may include: • Neck pain
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