Head Trauma Case Studies

MMA is a serious sport that leaves many athletes in critical condition whether it is after a match or later in retirement. They have a great risk of head trauma. The main goal of MMA is to physically harm the opponent. In the end of the match on will be leaving with head injuries. Today researchers are taking serious attention to head trauma. About 900 people in boxing have died because of trauma to the head (“Boxing Regulation”). This does not include people that have died after they have retired, and their cause of death was from early years of boxing.

Athletes should have to sit out longer due to head injuries because sometimes they can have memory lost due to concussions, about 300,000 kids have concussions every year, and the concussions are long lasting. There are so many contact sports now and some peoples life's are on the line sometimes. They could also become paralyzed depending on how hard they are hit and where they are hit. It's not just concussions it's broken bones and hurting yourself.

or two minutes and did not lose consciousness. After 30 minutes the athlete reported nausea,

When Playing a sport and getting a concussion many athletes do not know the risks they are in after a few hits to the head. In this Article Jacqueline C. Tanaka and Gregg B. Wells discuss the affects Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy also known as CTE has on many athletes especially football players. It discusses how The NFL did not share the dangers of traumatic brain injury with their athletes. This article shares important information about how a concussion can change someone's life forever.

I believe sports should become more informed when dealing with head trauma that results from contact sports. Certain guidelines and classes for athletes should be created to inform athletes about this epidemic. These diseases are not a joking matter and should be dealt with immediately. People are dying due to these diseases because they are unaware of the dangers and symptoms. The NFL, MLB, and association football or soccer are doing very little to protect the athletes from getting these head injuries. Guidelines and rules need to be made in order to protect the players from getting such diseases from head trauma. What is in action to prevent these injuries from happening? How much longer do athletes have to go through this epidemic of head

Closed Head Injuries are injuries to the head and does not break or penetrate the skull. They are caused by a variety of reasons such as falls, accidents, some sports…etc.

Nearly one third of all professional football players are expected to develop long-term brain trauma and experience these problems earlier in life than somebody who did not participate in sports. A brain disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), has more recently became a danger to current and former athletes during a sport that includes blows to the head. Scientists have been aware of the symptoms of head trauma for almost 100 years but not the full extent of it. In recent years, studies that display how CTE affects athletes has furthered our understanding of the dangers of repetitive head trauma.

Patient 4 is a 45 year old female who suffers from cardiovascular and metabolic dysfunctions, she takes painkillers and medication for her comorbidities; ten months ago she had fallen and attained a mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). After her fall she was admitted to the hospital where she was prescribed a Computerized Tomography (CT) scan. The results of the CT scan confirmed that she there was intraventricular hemorrhaging in her brain and “indicated possible central posttraumatic vertigo” (p. 840). Although patient 4 had intraventricular hemorrhaging she did not lose consciousness from her injury, however, she did experience posttraumatic amnesia. In addition, patient 4 reported multiple symptoms including fatigue, noise sensitivity, depression,

an estimate of 10 million people annually [1]. It is often referred to as a "silent

On Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at 2:00 p.m., the Investigator traveled back to the Cypres Gardens Center, after Mr. Talebi called to mention that the patient, Ms. Lindio Martin is willing to provide an r/s. In addition to Mr. Charles Cornelius r/s that afternoon.

CONCLUSIONS: In summary this patient died from blunt force head trauma sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Based on toxicology results, alcohol intoxication was an indirect contributing factor to the crash.

Head injuries typically fall under one of two categories based on how the injury was sustained; an injury due to a blow or shaking. Head injuries that fall under the category of occurring by a blow can be sustained by; a motor vehicle accident, a fall, a physical assault, or a sports related injury. Head injuries that are caused by shaking are typically sustained by violent shaking. The types of head injuries that can result from these incidents include; hematoma, hemorrhage, concussion, edema, skull fracture, and diffuse axonal injury.

Ambulation, Atrophy, Anguish. Due to a failure in muscle nourishment, people that suffer with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis suffer with paralyzes. This unfortunate, incurable disease impacts a person mentally and physically; victims have knowledge of what happens around them, but cannot respond to change. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, also known as CTE, is obtained when a person suffers from repetitive head injuries. CTE has four main different ailments that cause the victims to respond to CTE in different ways. Recent studies have shown that athletes are more vulnerable to concussions and head traumas, because they typically experience physical contact with other athletes. Due to personal problems or past experiences, a person that suffers mentally can obtain head traumas that can also lead to ALS or CTE. For this reason, athletes should be exposed to changes in rules and obtain a better knowledge of these diseases. Although physical contact sports can cause a player to suffer from ALS, CTE, or concussions, sports should

This case is regarding a 45-year-old male with a history of brain injury and partial use of his extremities and contractures of his left elbow and shoulder. The patient was seeing a therapist for the last 6 months receiving water therapy and it was stated that he was improving really well. He was also left alone on more than one occasion and allowed to walk on his own with the use of a handrail; additionally, he wore a life vest flotation device. The pool area was also monitored by a lifeguard, however, on the day of the accident, no one knew where or what the person was doing at the time. The day of the incident the therapist was also working with another patient while he allowed the plaintiff to work out alone. An aide notice the plaintiff sunken completely under water and no one could explain how that happened with a life jacket on the plaintiff. It also includes that the therapist was only gone for 5 minutes.

It has been found that head traumas can have an impact on behavior. If a person suffers from brain damage, particularly in the frontal lobe of the brain, their personality can change in a negative way. Furthermore, in a 1986 study that was cited in the book Ghosts in the Nursery, it was found that all 15 death row inmates being studied had some sort of head trauma earlier in their lives. Furthermore, it was reported in the same book that these researchers did the study with adolescent participants several years later and found the same results.