Attorney Joe Zarzaur and Dr. Evan Malone discuss Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and how they are sustained in a car accident.
Experts estimate that an average of 197 Americans die of TBI-related complications every day.
HOW DOES A TBI HAPPEN?
TBIs happen in car wrecks all the time. Even if you don't have a cut on your head, you didn't have an impact with something in the car, like the A pillar, the B pillar, or the windshield; they happened because your brain is floating.
The skull is the hard case that the brain lives in. Between the brain and the skull is a fluid layer, and that's the cerebral spinal fluid. That fluid pads your brain in your day-to-day activities, but when you have a forceful impact, sudden deceleration, or acceleration, it’s not enough to stop the brain from impacting the skull or shearing along the irregularly shaped inner lining of the skull. Think of something floating inside of a harder shell or case, and you throw that thing up against the wall. The case is going to hit the wall, but the thing that's floating inside is going to keep going, and it then impacts the shell. So, when your brain is moved around jostled in a car wreck, even if it's not a significant catastrophic car wreck, you're still going to have really harsh sudden movements.
WHAT ARE THE COMMON SYMPTOMS OF A TBI?
- Unsteady on your feet
- Dizziness
- Difficulty with sleep, wake cycle
- Irritability
- Loss of actual sense, like loss of smell
- Sensitivity to light
- Hearing not as sharp
- Short term memory loss
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