Traumatic Brain Injury - TCGLaw Group

Traumatic brain injury is a brain injury caused by outside forces and traumatic events. When the head is struck, violently shaken, or penetrated by an object, like a bullet, brain damage can result. Traumatic brain injury can be mild (concussion), moderate, or severe. Traumatic brain injury can result from accidents or negligence, and as such, many brain injury victims and their families file a traumatic brain injury lawsuit for compensation.

Traumatic Brain Injury Symptoms

Mild (concussion), moderate, and severe traumatic brain injury have unique symptoms.

Types of Traumatic Brain Injury

Head trauma or head injury that causes traumatic brain injury is referred to as closed head injury or open head injury. Closed head injury occurs when the skull is not fractured upon head trauma, but the brain still sustains injury. Closed head injury is often caused by blunt forces, a violent head shake, or strong rotational forces that cause the brain to strike or rub against the inside of the skull.

Open head injury occurs when the skull has been fractured. Open head injury skull fracture may expose brain tissue to the environment, which invites viral and bacterial contamination of brain tissue. Both open head injury and closed head injury can cause severe brain damage.

Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment

A traumatic brain injury victim may require expensive medical care and rehabilitation. Head injury victims in a coma, diagnosed using the Glasgow Coma Scale, require extensive medical treatments and care. A mild brain injury victim with concussion still may require medical care.

Severe brain injury victims often need emergency medical care, surgical treatments, care-givers, and rehabilitation. Doctors perform a number of emergency medical tests and administer a number medical treatments when a traumatic brain injury victim arrives at a hospital. Emergency staff stabilize a person’s breathing, pulse, and blood pressure, and treat skull fractures from open head injury.

Doctors also perform a complete neurological evaluation. Neurological evaluation involves the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) scans, and other x-rays to identify internal brain injuries.

Many brain injury victims require surgery to repair fractured skulls, relieve increased intracranial pressure, and stop bleeding in the head. These medical procedures and treatments can be expensive, and leave many families of a traumatic brain injury victim with financial stress.

Traumatic Brain Injury Complications

A traumatic brain injury victim may have complications after treatment. Traumatic brain injury complications include:

Traumatic Brain Injury Lawsuits and Legal Issues

Traumatic brain injury can severely alter life for a victim and a victim’s family. Brain injury caused by negligence, accidents, defective products (helmets, seat belts, air bags, etc), and other faults can be devastating. As a result, head injury victims and their families may be entitled to receive compensation for the brain injury.

If you or a loved one has suffered traumatic brain injury due to the fault of another person, product, event, or accident, you may be able to file a traumatic brain injury lawsuit to receive compensation for the brain injury. A traumatic brain injury lawsuit may award punitive damages to cover medical bills and expenses and for emotional distress.

An attorney can help you determine the cause of the brain injury, how the brain injury altered the victim’s life, and the cost of medical care.

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