Head & Brain Injuries

• What We Can Learn From The Brain Injured

  Bob Carroll | July 28, 2006 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  For approximately 10 years I attended the meetings and events of a Tampa Bay Head Injury Support Group. My contacts and friendships within the group were very enlightening to me. I learned some surprising things about the capabilities, problems and attitudes of those who are traumatically brain injured. There are far too many matters to cover in a single article so today I will mention just...

• Teenagers And Alcohol - Brain Damage Likely

  Bob Carroll | July 05, 2006 12:38 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  Teenage drinking has become an even worse concern for the health of teenagers. Medical research now shows it causes serious neurological problems in the developing brain. Excerpts from the New York Times report: Teenagers have been drinking alcohol for centuries.Public health experts regularly warn that teenage drinkers run greatly increased risks of involvement in car accidents, fights and...

• The Effects of Brain Injury

  Staff Writer | July 05, 2006 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  In my practice, I see the effects of traumatic brain injury. Unfortunately, many times certain symptoms of brain injury have gone completely undiagnosed by the attending physicians. Initially, emergency and rescue is usually called to the scene to treat life threatening conditions that may be present. Then, the injured party may be taken to the hospital, where they are treated for certain...

• A Husband's Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury

  Bob Carroll | June 30, 2006 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  Newsweek is featuring an article by Barbara Stahura about her husband's traumatic brain injury (TBI) and his recovery. Her story expresses the suddenness of the injury, the loss of identity and the miracle of recovery. How My Husband Came Back has a happy ending, an almost complete return of brain function. But, the darkness Ken escaped is well described. A car accident and brain injury...

• Brain Injury Lawsuits and Legal Ethics

  Staff Writer | June 25, 2006 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  I've been a reader of Michael Kaplen's brain injury blog for quite a while, and it looks like, once again, he's been invited to speak at the North American Brain Injury Society's...

• Poor Care Given To Beating Victim Assumed To Be Drunk

  Bob Carroll | June 16, 2006 10:10 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  The New York Times reports on the terribly deficient emergency services and medical care received by a retired journalist who, after a severe beating, was assumed to be just a drunk lying on a sidewalk. I am not surprised that the assumption of drunkenness impacted the attention given to the victim. Over my years of practice I have noted the same attitude toward other unconscious or...

• FELA Verdict in Colorado Upheld

  John Inserra | June 09, 2006 9:03 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  In a FELA case, the Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a jury's decision to award a Union Pacific conductor, out of North Platte Nebraska, $6 million for injuries he suffered in a fall down the stairs of a locomotive. The claimant suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of the fall in August 1998. A district court jury ruled that the Omaha, Neb.-based railroad was at fault...

• Support the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006

  Staff Writer | June 06, 2006 9:27 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Tampa injury lawyer Bob Carroll, a fellow InjuryBoard blogger, brought my attention to a letter from Susan Connors, President of the Brain Injury Association of America. Susan asks readers to support the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Act of 2006 by contacting their representatives and asking them to become co-sponsors of the act. She also requests readers send the Congressional Brain Injury Task...

• Motorcycle Helmet Buying Tips - Avoid Greater Head Injury in a Motorcycle Accident

  Craig Kelley | June 03, 2006 10:29 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  It is a fact that Nebraska state, county and city law enforcment officers have made a commitment in 2006 to enforce Nebraska's helmet laws, and crack down on area riders' use of the the non-DOT-aprroved "beanie" helmets. The link below (a Motorcprovides some excellent information for those who are in the market to purchase a new helmet for the 2006 riding seasonHOW TO BUY A MOTORCYCLE HELMET...

• Your Help Needed In Support Of Traumatic Brain Injury Act

  Bob Carroll | June 02, 2006 6:05 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  It's a long letter but an important request for help so here it is in its entirety. The Brain Injury Association of America needs your help to reauthorize and fully fund the Traumatic Brain Injury Act. Please act on both items before June 7, 2006. Support the TBI Act of 2006 Congressional Brain Injury Task Force Chairmen, Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA) plan to introduce...