Novato, California is a fast-growing city. An increase in population brings about busier streets and highways. This can lead to more car accidents as well. These accidents can cause serious injuries, such as a traumatic brain injury, leaving families and their loved ones under a significant amount of heartache and stress. A traumatic brain injury can cause one to spend time in the operating room and/or the intensive care unit. While most of the attention surrounding brain injuries is placed on the patient, and rightfully so, it is important to remember that patient families can also go through serious emotional and financial upheaval.

Significant Medical Bills

Someone who has been injured in a car accident or pedestrian accident often winds up with significant injuries that could require extensive medical care. If a patient requires surgical operations or a stay in the intensive care unit, these medical bills can be costly; however, the price for medical care does not compare to the amount of stress that individuals and their families face when a loved one has suffered a traumatic brain injury. Whether these injuries are due to penetrating trauma or a closed-head impact, brain injuries can leave the patient with significant mental, physical, and sensory impact that can severely diminish their quality of life.

Multiple Causes of Traumatic Brain Injuries

There are many reasons why someone could wind up suffering a traumatic brain injury. It is important for patients and their families to understand the different circumstances that can lead to these serious injuries and to seek expert medical care if a brain injury results. Examples of causes of traumatic brain injuries include:

• Traumatic injuries from a car accident
• Penetrating injuries from a knife or bullet wound
• A fall from a significant height
• Defective products that damage the user
• Medications that restrict oxygen flow to the brain
• Blunt force trauma from an assault, such as with a baseball bat

All of these types of trauma can lead to significant brain injury either by restricting blood flow or oxygen to the brain, a direct contusion to the tissue itself, or through a dissection of the brain tissue either through a penetrating injury or from a bone fragment.

Depending on the type of brain injury that has developed, a person may not have noticed that they suffered a brain injury until much later. Sometimes, people are knocked unconscious and regain consciousness later, thinking that they are fine (called the “lucid interval”), only to realize later that they have suffered a serious injury. For this reason, it is important for anyone who has suffered a major impact to their head to seek medical attention immediately.

Watch the following video for more on how traumatic brain injuries are treated.

Patients and their families often face major challenges to recovery from a traumatic brain injury. Someone who is recovering from a brain injury may have trouble using the bathroom without assistance. They may have difficulty moving from place to place. They could have sensory loss over a portion of their body. Their memory could be impaired. They could have significant cognitive defects that make it difficult to work. All of these complications of brain injuries can create financial stress that families may not be able to handle on their own. If you or a family member has suffered a brain injury, call an experienced Novato Brain Injury lawyer for assistance. Your attorney can assist you in recovering compensation for your medical expenses, lost wages, and other damages. This allows you and your family to focus solely on your recovery.

I’m Ed Smith, a Novato Brain Injury Attorney. No matter what circumstances have led to a traumatic brain injury, the outcome is almost never desirable. If you or a loved one has suffered a traumatic brain injury, please contact me at (415) 521-2515 or (800) 404-5400 for friendly, free advice.

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