TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI)

Our TBI traumatic brain injury solicitors use the no win no fee scheme and will make sure that you receive 100% of your compensation. Win or lose there is no charge. If we represent you there are no middlemen, no loans and no other costs for you to pay. Your claim is completely risk free.

Dependent on the level of damage, the claimant may make a full recovery in a very short time, or require intensive care for the rest of their life. That's where our traumatic brain injury solicitors come in to help the innocent victim get the compensation they deserve.

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When you hear the term "TBI" you immediately expect the worst and as a minimum you expect it to be a significant life changing injury. However there are many different levels of TBI caused by many different types of accident.

The injury is wide ranging and may be as minor as brief loss of consciousness for 15 minutes or less with a period of post-traumatic amnesia of less than 1 hour or as catastrophic as persistent vegetative state, where the injured person is unable to speak and does not follow commands or make any response that is meaningful.
 

Typically the majority of these cases are caused by high impact road traffic accidents and are known as acceleration/deceleration injury. This is a closed head injury often sustained in car accidents, where the brain moves forwards and then backwards, rebounding against the walls of the skull, causing damage to both the frontal lobes and the back of the brain. It is usual for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to be used for diagnosis as they enable detailed pictures of the brain to be acquired using a scanning machine.
 

Other types of this type of injury include

Post-concussion syndrome: a group of symptoms occurring after mild head trauma that may persist for days, weeks or months

Post-traumatic amnesia (PTA): the period after being unconscious when there may be confused behaviour and no continuous memory of day to day events

Amnesia: failure of memory. Hence, post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) which is the lapse of time until continuous recall occurs

Retrograde amnesia: the loss of memory of events for a period prior to the trauma
In order to establish the extent of the damage and the effect on an injured person in their daily life, a medical report from a consultant psychologist or consultant psychiatrist is usually obtained.

A Consultant psychologist is a professional specialising in counselling, including adjustment to disability. Psychologists use tests to identify personality and cognitive functioning. This information is shared with team members to assure consistency in approaches. The psychologist may provide individual or group psychotherapy for the purpose of cognitive retraining, management of behaviour and the development of coping skills by the patient/client and members of the family.

Consultant psychiatrists are able to provide the same assistance although they tend not to be as “hands on” as a consultant psychologist, however they can prescribe drugs for patients whereas a psychologist cannot. Psychiatrists report on post-traumatic stress disorder psychological and psychiatric effects of trauma.

Glossary of Terms

Open head injury:
an injury where there is penetration of the scalp and skull through to brain tissue.

Head injury - moderate:
defined as being a condition where the patient has been in a coma for 6 hours, and a period of post-traumatic amnesia of up to 24 hours.

Head injury - severe:
defined as being a condition where the patient has been in a coma for 6 hours or more, or a post-traumatic amnesia of 24 hours or more.

Glasgow coma scale:
a score given to head injured patients starting immediately after the head injury to measure the degree of unconsciousness. A score of 7 or less indicates that the person is in a coma. A maximum score of 15 indicates that the person can speak coherently, obey commands to move, and can spontaneously open their eyes.

Closed head injury:
damage to the brain where there is no penetration from the scalp or skull through to brain tissue. Often there is no injury to scalp or skull.

Our traumatic brain injury solicitors deal with compensation claims throughout England and Wales and are able to arrange home or hospital visits from our national network. We can arrange medical examinations at short notice from some of the countries most eminent specialists. If you would like to talk to a solicitor without obligation just complete the online contact form and we will phone with free advice on how best to pursue your claim and how to protect your legal rights to compensation.
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