Category: Child Injuries

Children Vulnerable to Head Injury

Children do not lose consciousness as easily as adults. Because they don’t get “knocked out” as often as adults, a myth developed that children did not suffer brain injury as easily or as often adults.

Another myth about children and brain injury is that children are more resilient than adults and that they recover or “bounce back” faster after a traumatic brain injury.

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More than 650,000 children are seen every year in hospital emergency rooms across North America suffering from the effects of mild traumatic brain injury.

Important Tool

CT scans are an important tool used in diagnosing the severity of brain injury. The problem is that CT scans expose children to the harmful affects of radiation.

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Fashion is preventing skiers and snowboarders from wearing helmets…and it’s putting them at risk of brain injury according to a Toronto neurosurgeon.

The Journal of the American Medical Association published a commentary this week from Dr. Michael Cusimano, a neurosurgeon at St. Michael’s Hospital:
“Despite compelling evidence that shows wearing a helmet significantly reduces the chance of head and brain injury, there are still those who argue that helmets are not fashionable or part of the ski culture,” wrote Cusimano.
There are certain sporting activities that are known to have a higher incidence of traumatic brain injury:
* Bicycling
* Skateboarding
* Rollerblading (Inline Skating)
In most jurisdictions it’s now mandatory to wear helmets when doing any of these activities. People accept that it’s just common sense.

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