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Life Changing Head Trauma: 30 FAQ about Brain Injuries

Published 07/31/2021

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when a blow to the head causes brain damage. TBI includes anything from mild concussions up to severe brain damage. Treatment can range from rest only to intensive care and emergency surgery. Survivors can face a lifetime of disruptions, physical and mental impairment severe cognitive changes. Many persons who suffer serious head trauma will undergo long-term rehabilitation, and some might even need to relearn basic skills.

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In the Canada, the most common causes of TBI include falls (35.2%), motorcycle and car accidents, automobile accidents involving pedestrians (17.3%) and assaults (10%) with or without a weapon. Athletics and sports also cause significant TBI injuries. NBIA.ca tells us that in Canada, one person is injured with a traumatic brain injury every 3 minutes and that brain injury occurs at a rate of 500 out of 100,000 individuals yearly in Canada. In fact, they say that the annual incidence of acquired brain injury in Canada is 44 times more common than spinal cord injuries, 30 times more common than breast cancer, and 400 times more common than HIV/AIDS. In fact, brain injury occurs at a rate greater than that of all known cases of Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, HIV/AIDS and Breast Cancer per year combined.

We are happy to share, with the help of extensive pubmed research, the following 30 FAQS which involved questions answers that we typically see with serious head injury cases at our law firm:

Has your loved suffered a brain injury?

if you or your loved one has suffered a serious traumatic brain injury because someone was careless, call our brain injury lawyers today no matter where you are on Ontario at 1-844-LALANDE or local in the Hamilton / GTA / Niagara area at 905-333-8888. Alternatively, you can send a confidential email through our website and we promise that we will get right back to you.

Remember, it’s always free to talk to us, and we never ask our clients for money upfront. If you are in the Southern Ontario region we offer in person consultations or in the alternative, we are always happy to discuss your case and advise you of your legal rights via ZOOM.

*This article was research and written with the help of peer reviewed medical journals located at pubmed.