Help the injured person seek medical help quickly if you notice: Loss of consciousness upon impact Confusion or disorientation Quick-developing headache with nausea or vomiting Obvious damage to the skull or penetrating injury Seizure With any head injury, use your best judgment.
In the First 24 Hours Symptoms of brain injury and concussion do not always develop immediately following an accident. A concussion left untended can lead to dangerous bleeding or swelling that puts pressure on the brain and can result in debilitating lifelong conditions.
By knowing these warning signs, you can protect yourself and your loved ones from the dangers of head trauma. Related Posts. October 9th, A large number of people who suffer head injuries are children.
Traumatic brain injury TBI accounts for over 1 in 6 injury-related hospital admissions each year. A concussion may result when the head strikes against an object or is struck by an object. Concussions may produce unconsciousness or bleeding in or around the brain. Helmets can save lives and prevent trauma, but only if they are worn properly.
A helmet should be worn squarely on the top of the head, covering the top of the forehead. The chinstrap must be fastened and the helmet should fit snugly and comfortably. The helmet should not be able to move side-to-side or front-to-back.
Most helmets come with removable pads so you can customize the fit for any child. Head injuries can range from a minor bump on the head to a devastating brain injury. Learning to recognize a serious head injury, and implementing basic first aid, can make the difference in saving someones life.
Common causes of head injury include traffic accidents, falls, physical assault, and accidents at home, work, outdoors, or while playing sports. Head injury can be classified as either closed or penetrating.
In closed head injury, the head sustains a blunt force by striking against an object. In penetrating head injuries, a high velocity object breaks through the skull and enters the brain. The signs and symptoms of a head injury may occur immediately or develop slowly over several hours.
You've fallen and hit your head. It hurts a little, but you're not bleeding and you feel okay. Do you have a head injury, or are you fine?
Knowing how to tell a minor head injury from a serious one could literally save your life. Let's talk about head injuries. Millions of people get head injuries every year. They get into car accidents or fights, they fall, or they get hit in the head while playing sports or working on the job. Most head injuries are minor, because your head comes equipped with its own natural hard hat, a protective skull that surrounds and protects your brain.
But sometimes that protection isn't enough. More than a half-million people each year get head injuries severe enough to send them to the hospital. The most common type of head injury is a concussion.
That's when a hit in the head makes your brain jiggle around in your skull. You can also get a bruise on your brain, called a contusion. Brain contusions are a lot more serious than bruises from a bump on the arm or leg. Other types of head injuries include a fractured skull or a cut on your scalp. If you get hit in the head or fall and you don't bleed, you've got a closed head injury. If an object enters your brain, like glass from a windshield during a car accident or a bullet from a gunshot, then you have an open head injury.
It can be very hard to tell if you've got a minor closed head injury or a serious one. Your head might look perfectly fine from the outside, when you actually have bleeding or swelling inside your brain.
To tell the difference, look for other signs of a serious head injury, such as a severe headache; Clear or bloody fluid coming from your nose, ears, or mouth; Confusion, drowsiness, or a loss of consciousness; Changes in the way you hear, see, taste, or smell; memory loss; mood changes or strange behaviors; slurred speech or recurrent vomiting. If you or someone else has any of these symptoms, call for medical help right away.
If you don't have these symptoms and you think it's just a minor head injury, you probably don't need to be treated. Just ask a friend or family member to keep an eye on you. If it's your child or someone else with the head injury, wake them up from sleep every 2 or 3 hours to ask questions like, Where are you?
Went to ER. Cat scan was clear. But BP lower number dropped to I went home Now a week later the spot still throbs and I have a slight headache at times. What do I do now? I hit my head when i feel upset but now there's a bump on my head for 2 weeks and its pink, i get headaches often since then. I was using a electric drill screw driver to put a peace of wood in my cabinet to put a shelf on and I slipped and the wood flew off the drill and hit me on my right side on my forehead above my eye I take blood thinners and I brush very easy but it did not brush it is very sore should be worried.
My ex and I had got into it and he hit me in my face with his pistol and I have had a headache ever since and that was 13 days ago. I dont have insurance and I'm scared something is wrong. I was in a little store, 42 hours ago. I tripped and hit my head on an antique hard wood door. I was very confused as I was picking up the things I had bought. My husband who was outside and 2 small shops from where I fell heard the sound of my head hitting the antique hard wood door I have a bad headache, no bumps but my whole right side of my body hurts.
Especially my shoulder where the ball socket is and my elbow. I broke my elbow 5 months ago and it feels like I may of fractured it again. Should I seek medical attention? Do you think something is damaged from inside if being hit hard on head and then pulled hair so hard a few times and your head is hurting alot like it's bleeding.
I am on Xarelto, last night I slipped on mud and hit the concrete hard, no head injury, but I am unable to bend my knee and now the left side of my abdomen where I hit is slightly swollen and feeling pain and nausea, should I be worried?
I fell backwards from a bench bruising my bottom badly and banging the back of my head on a concrete floor. My head is slightly painful to touch. Head tender to touch, neck tender to touch. I hit my head two days ago on short closet on top of my head and it still hurts, I'm high risk for covd , I'm needing to know what to do for it?
Hello, this may sound silly. Seven years ago I hit my head in the floor of a bathroom pretty badly, had to had stitches and everything. Apart from that there were no other procedures or studies made to see if I had any internal bleeding.
I was a minor at the time so I didn't think much of it, but now I'm a bit concerned. I don't think I have any symptoms, but should I still go to the doctor and get my brain checked? Or is it too late? I am 75 years old and I was on the second step of a small latter organizing my kitchen cabinets when I lost my balance and fell to the rise side of my body.
I hurt my head. I immediately started putting ice every hour gor 20 minutes. I did not loose consciousness or anything like that. No vomiting either. Should I go to the ER of the hospital? Just looking for advise on whether I should seek further medical advise. I was struck by a metal object just 9ver a month ago, there is a small literally smaller than a pea that is still very painful.
Could it be an issue. So me and my friend where playing around and I tried to skip a rock and I hit her head, and she has a. Help please. I fell backwards 10 days ago from trying to climb a 2 meter fence and landed on concrete hitting the back of my head.
I went to after hours within 2 hours, but am still suffering from terrible long lasting headaches with occasional dizziness and sometimes blurred vision.
Today my headache wont leave. Please help. I fell really hard when rollerblading but I didn't hit my but instantly my right side of my head hurts it's been one day and so far it hurts to laugh and turn my head side to side quickly.
I slipped on a toy today and slammed the back of my head on a concrete wall. I have a small bump , my bead feels heavy my neck hurts and I have a head ache. Should I be seen at the hospital? I fell tues evening while attempting to catch one of my dogs who had gotten out of my fenced yard. I had him by his collar with one hand and the mail and a flashlight in the other. He was apprehensive and pulling and the closer we got to the car the harder he pulled and somehow my feet got tangled with his and i lost my balance abd fell.
My face hit the wheel and by the time i got back inside the house i had a knot on my forehead and my head was hurting. I put ice on it which took the swelling down some. The next day Wed. By Thursday the rest of my body Neck, Back and Shoulder were feeling the aftereffects. As of today Friday my forehead and the top of my head are stiil very sore to the touch.
I fell today I didn't hit my head but did jar it pretty good. I hit hard and solid. I don't think I passed out but everything is foggy.
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