Those people who are injured as a result of a direct blow to the head or a car accident are often checked for traumatic brain injury (TBI). In many cases, TBI can be diagnosed shortly after the injury and because doctors are looking for the injury, they are more likely…
A traumatic brain injury can be one of the most devastating injuries that can be sustained in a car accident, boating accident, workplace injury, or other accident. Despite the fact that brain injuries cause debilitating injury for years and sometimes for a lifetime, many victims of such injuries are under-compensated…
A number of recent product recalls have been reported by the CPSC. Many of these defective products can cause burn injuries and some have already caused personal injury to consumers: *On May 4, Coast Spas with Franklin Electric Motors were recalled. 30 reports of fires caused by the motors have…
Yesterday, we reported about the frightening statistics concerning summertime childhood injuries. One excellent way to prevent these injuries, as we pointed out, is to wear a bicycle helmet while bicycling. The advice is not just for kids. According to the Centers for Disease Control, bicycling is the third most popular…
The Brain Injury Association of Florida, Inc.(BIAF) is developing an awareness campaign to educate Florida residents about the realities of brain injuries, after Governor Crist proclaimed March as Brain Injury Awareness Month. The BIAF is being helped in its efforts by ABC News journalist Bob Woodruff, who has recently gone…
A brain injury occurs when an external trauma or hit to the skull damages the brain. The State of Florida officially defines brain injury as: An insult to the skull, brain, or its covering, resulting from external trauma, which produces an altered state of consciousness or anatomic, motor, sensory, or…