A diffuse axonal injury is caused by a shaking or rotation of the head that causes the brain to move within the skull. Nerve tissue is torn or sheared (thus, these are also called shearing injuries)and the brain may release chemicals that cause more injury. It’s common in car accidents and can occur without a ...
more »A closed head injury is one where there has been no penetration of the skull ...
more »There are various causes of ABI such as a blocked airway, drowning accident, a crushed chest, an electrical accident, such as electrocution or being struck by lightning and lead exposure ...
more »This type of injury has contusions on opposite sides of the brain ...
more »An acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is one that happens after birth ...
more »A focal injury is an injury to one part of the brain leaving the other parts intact.
more »On August 18, 2004, Burnett Williams was working for a lead abatement contractor at the 170th Street subway station in the Bronx. He was inspecting lead as old steel was being removed in connection wi... ...
On January 13, 2006 at about 1 p.m., Mohammed Kayes, then 44 years old, was walking with his three year old daughter on the sidewalk adjacent to Queens Boulevard near 34th Street in Long Island City. ...
On June 4, 2008 at about 11:30 p.m., Drucilla Alfonso was crossing the intersection at 39th Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan, in the crosswalk, when she was struck by a left turning city bus. The... ...
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