Jacobs Law LLC in Muncie and Indianapolis
For football fans, the sight of a player lying motionless on the field after taking a violent shot to the head is not an uncommon one. Even though players wear high-tech helmets, powerful head-shots can cause concussions; the concussions are increasingly causing concern for the long-term welfare of the players involved.
While few ever experience the thrills or dangers of a professional football game, the risks posed by concussions are the same for all of us.
The reality for people who suffer concussions, no matter how they are sustained, is that they can lead to permanent damage to high-level mental processes. Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University provide compelling evidence that concussions cause brain damage and specific altered mental processes.
In the August issue of medical journal "Radiology," researchers concluded that DTI (diffusion tensor imaging) brain scans can help diagnose concussions and assess treatment effectiveness.
More than a million Americans per year suffer a concussion. Adults sustain concussions mainly in traffic accidents or falls. Up to 30 percent of people who suffer a concussion (referred to by medical care providers as a mild traumatic brain injury) suffer permanent damage to their brain. They can have impairments ranging from changes in their personality to memory problems, impaired social judgment and depression.
A typical concussion occurs when the head and body are moving and the head suddenly hits a fixed object. The brain, in its protective jacket of water inside the skull, keeps moving, rotating forward and backward on the brain stem. This spinning motion disrupts nerves controlling alertness, triggering a chemical reaction. For the brain to function properly again, the chemical reaction needs to recede.
Concussion symptoms can be disabling: headaches, dizziness and difficulties concentrating, among them. It can take days, weeks and even months for them to subside. Unfortunately, in some cases, symptoms never fully end for the victim, especially in cases where a person has had repeated or severe concussions.
If you have sustained a concussion in a motor vehicle accident or fall due to someone else's negligence, you should discuss your circumstances and symptoms with an experienced personal injury attorney.
We hope you enjoy your stay in Indianapolis for the 2012 Super Bowl. While you visit our city, there will be LOTS to do and see -- but -- please be careful! Accidents can happen at the most unexpected times and places. Car accidents caused by drunk drivers (or drivers who disobey Indiana's law against texting while driving!), trips or slip and fall accidents in hotels, bars, and restaurants--- are just a few of the unfortunate accidents that can occur at any time, and personal injury risks go up whenever you throw alcohol into the mix! Wherever there are big crowds, people can get injured. The attorneys at Jacobs Law LLC have represented many out-of-state visitors to our city, and have handled cases involving some of Indiana's biggest venues, including Conseco Fieldhouse (now Bankers Life Fieldhouse), the Indiana Convention Center, Verizon Wireless Music Center (now Klipsch Music Center), and the Pepsi Coliseum. If you receive injuries because of someone else's carelessness during your stay in our city, we'd like to help. We wish you a safe and fun-filled Super Bowl experience, and we will be here for you if the unexpected happens.
