Why should someone retain a brain injury law firm after an accident?

Most people assume that any personal injury attorney can handle a brain injury case. But traumatic brain injury (TBI) cases are medically and legally different from typical injury claims.

Brain injuries are often called “invisible injuries.” A person may appear normal while experiencing serious cognitive, physical, and emotional consequences such as:

• Memory and concentration difficulties
• Headaches and dizziness
• Vision disturbances and sleep disruption
• Anxiety, depression, and behavioral changes
• Difficulty completing tasks or solving problems

Radiology studies can sometimes appear normal even when real brain damage exists, making these cases more difficult to diagnose, explain, and prove.

Brain injuries can occur in many types of accidents, including:

• Slip and fall incidents
• Motor vehicle collisions
• Pedestrian accidents
• Truck crashes
• Construction accidents
• Medical malpractice

Because brain injury cases involve complex medical evidence, long-term care needs, and lifelong consequences, they require attorneys who understand both the medical science and the legal framework behind these injuries.

At De Caro & Kaplen, our practice focuses on representing survivors of traumatic brain injury and helping them obtain the medical care and financial recovery they may need for the future.

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Brain Injury Insider is a weekly podcast by The Brain Injury Law Firm ®, De Caro & Kaplen, LLP.

Host Michael Kaplen is a passionate advocate of the rights of brain injury survivors, and has been fighting on their behalf for over 40 years.

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Today on The Brain Injury Insider, I want to call your attention to an important breakthrough in the management of traumatic brain injury:

The development of outpatient clinical practice guidelines designed to standardize care for the millions of Americans recovering from TBI.

Although protocols exist for emergency care and hospital management of people with a brain injury, no protocols exist regarding outpatient management following emergency care or inpatient hospital care, and no guidelines exist for individuals who never were seen in a hospital.

Patient care following a traumatic brain injury is inconsistent, fragmented and often inadequate. This includes people suffering from concussions as well as other types of brain trauma.

Less than half of individuals with a TBI receive any follow-up care after they leave the emergency department.

Failing to provide follow up care contributes to prolonged symptoms, unnecessary disability, and missed opportunities for early intervention.

To address this, the Action Collaborative on TBI Care, part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has released evidence-based guidelines that focus on the first six months after injury. These new guidelines are published in the Annals of Family Medicine to make outpatient care predictable, effective, and patient-centered.

Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/e7EsYpmdB08

Find out more about brain injury at https://brainlaw.com/brain-injuries/help/

Brain Injury Insider is a weekly podcast by The Brain Injury Law Firm ®, De Caro & Kaplen, LLP.

Host Michael Kaplen is a passionate advocate of the rights of brain injury survivors, and has been fighting on their behalf for over 40 years.

De Caro & Kaplen, LLP
228 E. 45th Street, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10017
Toll Free: (866) 272-4652
e: help@brainlaw.com
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Today, I’d like to discuss a new study examining treatment options following the development of a traumatic subdural hematoma, a condition when blood collects rapidly on the surface of the brain.

This bleeding may cause pressure on the brain and lead to worsening injury, cognitive impairment, and even death.

Falls are the leading cause of traumatic brain injury, particularly among older adults and children. A slip, trip, a misstep can lead to a blow to the head, or the sudden deceleration of the brain when it moves inside the skull, causing damage to brain tissue and blood vessels within the brain.

In an article published in the JAMA Journal entitled “Acute Surgery vs Conservative Treatment for Traumatic Acute Subdural Hematoma,” researchers looked at data from 18 Level-1 trauma centers across the U.S. They focused on over 700 patients who had developed an acute subdural hematoma after head trauma.

The big question: Do centers that usually operate early have better outcomes than those that lean more toward nonoperative, or conservative, management?

Watch this episode on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQpIrPulRfw

Find out more about brain injury at https://brainlaw.com/brain-injuries/help/

Brain Injury Insider is a weekly podcast by The Brain Injury Law Firm ®, De Caro & Kaplen, LLP.

Host Michael Kaplen is a passionate advocate of the rights of brain injury survivors, and has been fighting on their behalf for over 40 years.

De Caro & Kaplen, LLP
228 E. 45th Street, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10017
Toll Free: (866) 272-4652
e: help@brainlaw.com
brainlaw.com