Paediatric Brain
Injuries Related To Car Accidents
Research
and statistics show that car accidents are the major cause behind serious
injuries and fatalities in children than any other type of accidents. Motor
vehicle crashes cause serious brain injuries especially in children under 1
year. Moreover, teen drivers are also extremely vulnerable to the brain
injuries in car accidents.
Types of Paediatric
Brain Injuries
Children
do sustain the serious kind of brain injuries in road accidents leading to psychological
disorders and in most of the cases deaths. Different types of paediatric brain
injuries are given as follows.
·
Skull
base Fractures:
When
any of the skull bones break as a result of an accident it cause skull base
fractures. Different types of skull fractures include linear fractures,
diastatic skull fracture, basilar skull fracture and depressed skull fractures.
·
Scalp
injury
It
cannot be termed as brain injury. Scalp injury cause mild to serious cuts,
scratches and bumps to the scalp of the head. Sometimes head wounds do not heal
within a days or due to excess bleeding scalp injury can turn into serious
brain injury.
·
Traumatic
Brain Injury (TBI)
Motor
vehicle accidents are a major cause of traumatic brain injuries. It results
when the brain undergoes a sudden blow or trauma. TBI can be of different types
that include mild, moderate and severe.
·
Other
brain injuries may include haemorrhage (internal bleeding in the brain),
cerebral contusion (inflammation of brain tissues), penetrating brain injuries
and cerebrum injuries (contusions, lacerations or concussions).
Effects of Paediatric
Brain Injuries
Following
are the different effects and symptoms of Paediatric Brain Injuries.
·
Unconsciousness
and continuous fatigue
·
Lack
of concentration, confusion and memory loss
·
Headache
and nausea
·
Eyesight
damage
·
Speaking
difficulties
·
Balancing
and standing difficulties
·
Sleeplessness
and loss of appetite
·
Weight
loss.
Paediatric Brain
Injuries Prevention
A
huge responsibility lies on parents in order to secure their children from
severe brain injuries in car accidents. Children sitting in the front seat of
cars are more likely to receive serious injury in a car accident than sitting in the second row.
Use of restraints such as seat belts and suitable child safety seat can lower
the brain injury chances for the children. Parents must also not allow their teenage
children to drive a motor vehicle.
Brain Injuries Prevention