Car Accident Brain Injuries in Children
Over 5000 children a year are seriously injured by brain injuries in Canada. Car accidents that cause brain injury are the leading cause and are responsible for thirty percent of all damages to the brain. Sports brain injuries are the secondary cause and represent twenty percent of brain injuries. Both of these types of injuries fall under the traumatic brain injuries.
Car accidents causing brain injury can change a child’s life permanently, resulting in a need for special education and other medical resources for the duration of their lives. Car accidents causing brain injury can cause several types of brain injury measured on a nine point scale, ranging from concussion to edema, an intense swelling of the brain preventing proper blood flow.
Sports Brain Injuries in Children
Sports injury claims are complicated because it can difficult to discern who is at fault when the injury occurs. This is especially the case when children are injured in sports injuries. 587,025 Canadians acquire a brain injury each year, ranging from mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) to serious life-changing brain injuries. Furthermore, thirty percent of all brain injuries happen with children and youth, many while participating in sports.
When a child is injured in a sports brain injury, an assessment is made called a child-SCAT3 which analyzes the severity of the injury. This document can help with the claim process to analyze the severity of the brain injury and give details to who was at fault when the injury occurred.
Parenting a child with a brain injury from a car accident or sports injury can be very stressful and there are several resources that are accessible to aid the process of making a claim, gaining necessary resources to begin the process of rehabilitation and medical aid and expenses and support groups.
Sources:
www.torontorehab.com
http://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/documents/Patient%20Education/ChildrensPediatricBrainInjuryHandbook-lw.pdf
http://www.personalinjuryottawa.ca/preventable-sports-injuries-in-ontario
http://www.parachutecanada.org/downloads/resources/SCAT3-child.pdf