TBI

The definition for traumatic brain injury [TBI] is an injury to your brain caused by a physical force, making it hard to do things.

 Head injuries bring more than 400,000 people to hospitals every year!  75% of the survivors are males, 50% are 15 to 34 years old. The hardest part of representing TBI survivors is that most of the time they don’t look any different on the outside physically.  These patients are told they will get better.  People with bruises heal over time and many of these same emotional conditions that are manifested with TBI can happen to anyone, even if they didn’t get hit on the head.

 To get the most financial assistance for a person who was injured, a lawyer needs to learn all about TBI and all of the things that can go wrong with that person’s brain. The severely handicapped TBI survivor will have the easiest time getting more money because jurors will believe that their injuries are bad.  People will milder brain  injuries who recover from their physical problems have the hardest time proving to judges and juries, their long term problems from the TBI.

 Many of the same problems that happen to people with a mild injury such as headaches, dizziness, memory loss, problems concentrating, tiredness, etc, also happen with severe injuries. There is a scale that they use to see how a person reacts during a coma or after a TBI.  At level one they have no response to pain, touch, sound, or sight. At level eight they act normal.

 After a TBI a person can also lose control or have weakness in their arms or legs, or on one side of their body. They may be more or less sensitive or be completely lost. 

 An injury will make a person very tried. Staying alert and paying attention are very hard for TBI sufferers.  It may appear that they don’t want to do things.

 A person who suffers from a TBI can also have problems talking.  The blow to the head may affect the nerves in the face. A brain injury also affects your memory, your ability to pay attention, organization ability, planning and how you see things.  Some people actually have drastic changes in their personalities.

TBI can cause people to become violent.  Some are misdiagnosed and placed in mental institutions.  

Some of the doctors or health workers who help a person who has suffered TBI are:  neurologist, physiatrist, neuropsychologist, pulmonary therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, cognitive therapists, vocational rehabilitation counselors, educational therapist, social workers, etc.