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When Joshua Brantner was 20 years old, he attended a party that changed his life forever. He arrived as a healthy, ordinary guy but left in an ambulance with a traumatic brain injury that severely impaired his mental and physical functions.
Concussions, injuries that fall on the mild side of the traumatic brain injury (TBI) scale, are receiving significantly more consideration these days than ever before, thanks to studies that probe and attempt to grasp the often elusive nature of TBI.
Your 18-month toddler chases after a ball and hits her head on the edge of a table, knocking her to the ground. A softball hits your 12-year old athlete in the head, leaving a noticeable welt. Both of these seem like minor, albeit painful injuries, but you’ve seen reports on television and online that some seemingly innocuous bumps and minor concussions can lead to a deadly traumatic brain injury. What should you do?
It seems bizarre that a man could be awarded millions of dollars after striking a wild pig while motorcycling along a road in California, but that’s what happened to Adam Rogers, a 45-year-old resident of Seaside. Rogers was biking along Highway 1 in 2003 when he struck the pig around midnight, whereupon he was thrown from his motorcycle, receiving several debilitating and permanent injuries. A former champion kick boxer and karate instructor, Rogers spent months in a coma after the wreck and is now wheelchair bound. He also undergoes intensive physical therapy to this day and will continue to require a great deal of medical attention for the rest of his life.
Half of all traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in the United States are caused in accidents involving automobiles, motorcycles, and bicycles, says the National Institutes of Health, the medical and behavioral research arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Approximately 20 percent of serious head injuries are the result of violent acts, such as gun shot wounds and beatings. TBIs are commonly found in babies and children who have been violently shaken. In older people, head injuries associated with falling are the top cause of TBIs.
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