How You Can Best Support a Friend or Family Member after a Traumatic Brain Injur When your loved one has suffered any type of bump or blow to the head, you want to get them to an experienced medical professional as soon as possible, so that they can get all the care they need. But their recovery … [Read more...]
How to Tell If Someone Else Has Suffered a Concussion
Observing the Symptoms of a Concussion in Other People When someone has suffered a serious head injury, it's often the bystanders or other people present who will be in the best position to determine whether it's serious, requiring immediate medical attention. Often, the victims of a concussion or … [Read more...]
How to Tell If You’ve Suffered a Concussion
The Telltale Signs to Look for after a Bump or Blow to the Head You live an active lifestyle—maybe you're actively involved in sports or you have hobbies that put you at risk for an occasional slip and fall or bump to the head. When it happens, you want to just shake it off and stay in the game or … [Read more...]
Determining the Severity of a Head Injury
The Glasgow Coma Scale—How It Is Used to Assess Head Trauma When you've suffered any type of trauma to your head or brain, it's essential to make a determination, as soon as possible, of the severity of your injury, so that medical professionals can take the right steps to minimize potential injury … [Read more...]
The Early Warning Signs of a Traumatic Brain Injury
The Early Warning Signs of a Traumatic Brain Injury How to Know When It's More than Just a Bump on the Noggin We all bang our heads on something from time to time…bending over to pick something up off the ground, opening a car door, having something fall when we open a cabinet or cupboard. More … [Read more...]
When Is a Head Injury Serious Enough to Stop What You Are Doing?
Should You Treat Any Bump on the Head as a Potential Concussion/TBI? You're physically active, regularly involved in some recreational sports…and you play hard. Occasionally, you'll suffer some type of blow to your head…you may get an elbow to the noggin going up for a rebound or you may do a … [Read more...]
Concussion or Traumatic Brain Injury?
What's the Difference between TBI and a Concussion? You've been in a car accident, had a slip and fall or were playing a contact sport. You had an accident and sustained a bump or blow to the head. Is it a concussion? Is it a traumatic brain injury (TBI)? What's the difference? Concussion vs. … [Read more...]
The Difference between a Concussion and a Traumatic Brain Injury
Are They the Same? If Not, What's the Difference? You've been in an accident and suffered some type of blow or bump to the head. You may or may not have lost consciousness. Have you suffered a concussion or is it a traumatic brain injury? Is there a difference? If so, what makes an injury a … [Read more...]
What to Look for after a Traumatic Brain Injury
The Symptoms of TBI | Determining the Severity In the minutes, hours, days, weeks and months after any bump or blow to the head, it's essential to pay attention to a wide range of factors to recognize the symptoms of traumatic brain injury and determine the severity of such injury. A TBI will … [Read more...]
The Three Different Types of Concussions
Identifying the Different Levels of Head Trauma When you've sustained any type of blow or bump to the head, you can suffer a concussion, even if the impact was minor and your symptoms are mild. Medical professionals generally categorize concussions as: Grade One, or mild, where you have … [Read more...]
