Play is a huge part of a child’s life – whether it is at the community park, on the school playground, at a neighbor’s backyard, or in a team sport. Unfortunately, recreation also carries the risk of injury due to falls, collisions and physical contact. Concussions are the most commonly diagnosed high school sports-related injury [...]
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Stress In Children Due To Brain Injury
February 18th, 2011 
admin Stress and children ought to be poles apart. Children have double capacity to create and remove stress among the elders, by their rants and tantrums. Let us assume for a while that children do not have serious stress causing habits like smoking and drinking. As for problems related to poverty the perspective of children is [...]
Traumatic Brain Injury (Tbi) And Children
February 15th, 2011 admin Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) can occur at any age, but http://www.ask4sam.net/brain-injuries-children.html”> TBI in childrenseems especially devastating because of the loss of human potential. Estimates show that more than one million childhood brain injuries occur each year with more than 100,000 requiring hospitalization. When your child suffers from a traumatic brain injury because of a defective [...]
Bicycling Accidents and Injuries in Children
January 4th, 2011 admin Why is bike safety important? Bicycle accidents, especially for kids include falls, collisions with stationary objects, collisions with pedestrians or collisions with other bikes. About one-half the injuries to children under the age of 10 involved the head or face. A head injury can lead to brain injury and this is why it is important [...]
What are Traumatic Brain Injuries in Children?
December 22nd, 2010 admin Almost half a million children between the ages of 0 and 14 years are treated in Emergency Rooms across the United States for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) annually. That is 35% of the 1.365 million emergency department visits made each year for TBIs. This does not include the many children who die from TBIs. [...]
Children and Traumatic Brain Injury
December 21st, 2010 admin Unfortunately, brain injuries are very common with children who are victims in accidents. According to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly one million children suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year. More than 100,000 of these children require hospitalization. These figures probably underestimate the incident rate of TBI among children because many children never [...]
