Category Archives: Brain Injury Treatment

A California man is suing Aspen Valley Hospital and its former chief surgeon for $4 million as part of a medical-negligence lawsuit filed last week in federal court. Laurence Niles, 79, of Pacific Palisades, California, claims the hospital botched its treatment of him after he was admitted to the facilitys emergency room Feb. 17, 2013. As a result, he suffers from permanent brain injury and needs constant medical care, the suit alleges. The lawsuit, which was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court of Denver by Denver law firms Bogue Paoli & Thomas LLC and Ogborn Mihm LLP, comes after Niles attorneys gave the hospital notice on Aug. 12, 2013, that they planned to sue. The defendants are Dr. Bill Rodman, who could not be reached Monday, and the Aspen Valley Hospital District, which said it had not seen the complaint and declined to comment about it. Niles was admitted to the hospital with a severe head injury, multiple rib fractures and other ailments from a ski collision, the suit says. Doctors concluded he potentially was suffering from subarachnoid hemorrhaging, or bleeding of the brain. The suit says the hospitals CAT scan was down Feb. 18 to Feb. 22 and … Continue reading →

Comments(0) Since the first patient was treated by neurosurgeons at Addenbrooke's 50 years ago, some of most cutting-edge techniques have developed which have become known about around the world. This ground-breaking care includes the removal of an incredibly rare cranial tapeworm, which lived in a British man's brain for four years before it was discovered. Before surgeons at Addenbrooke's found and removed the 1cm-long parasite, it left the 50-year-old man in pain and with memory problems as it travelled 5cm from the right side of his brain to the left. The rare worm was of a type never before found in the UK but it is believed people can become infected by accidentally eating tiny infected crustaceans from lakes, eating raw meat from reptiles and amphibians, or by using a raw frog poultice a Chinese remedy to calm sore eyes. This procedure along with many others including removing brain tumours whilst the patient is still awake and using a special 'pink drink' dye which stains cancerous tissue in the brain, both of which help to protect healthy brain tissue, have led to the hospital to becoming world renowned. Other cutting-edge techniques include 3D printing to provide bespoke body parts, developing … Continue reading →

Columbia, SC (PRWEB) February 14, 2015 South Carolina personal injury attorney S. Randall Hood of McGowan, Hood and Felder, LLC, today said any number of accidents may have dire consequences and result in the need for brain injury treatment, but a recent study may come as a relief to parents whose children suffer blunt head trauma. According to a Reuters report published by Scientific American, children who sustain minor blunt head trauma and then complain of headache and show no other symptoms have little risk of a clinically important brain injury (Scientific American, Feb. 4, 2015, Isolated Headache after Bump Poses Little Brain Injury Risk for Kids). The study was published in Pediatrics on Feb. 2, 2015 (Pediatrics, Headache in Traumatic Brain Injuries From Blunt Head Trauma). The doctor who led the study at New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital noted that a period of observation may be warranted before CT (computed tomography scans) decision-making, according to Scientific American. Hood, an experienced Rock Hill, SC attorney at McGowan, Hood and Felder LLC, said his firm has handled cases involving brain injury therapy and urges parents to have their children checked by a doctor if the child suffers some kind … Continue reading →

The City of Springfield has released new video showing the Springfield police officer who was injured in Springfield last month being transported to a hospital in Atlanta. Hospital officials say Officer Aaron Pearson has been moved to Shepherd Center's Brain Injury Rehabilitation for care. MORE:Officer Aaron Pearson's Wife Gives An Update On His Condition The video shows Pearson being loaded into a Mercy ambulance before being taken with a police escort to the Springfield-Branson National Airport for his medical flight. Officer Pearson was shot last month while checking on suspicious activity at Glenstone and Chestnut. BACKGROUND:Springfield Police Chief Provides Update On Officer Pearson ATLANTA Feb. 12, 2015 Injured Springfield, Mo., police Officer Aaron Pearson, 30, was transferred today from Mercy Hospital in Springfield to Shepherd Center in Atlanta for brain injury rehabilitation. Officer Pearson sustained a brain injury from a gunshot wound on Jan. 26 when he responded to a suspicious activity call at a Springfield business. Police have arrested and charged the man they believe is responsible for shooting the officer. Officer Pearson was admitted to Shepherd Centers Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit for evaluation, care and observation. He will soon begin a rigorous rehabilitation program under the guidance of … Continue reading →

If you are not sure what your injury is then why not try our symptom checker? Simply tick the location and type of pain to narrow down the options. We have over 350 sports injuries explained many with treatment and rehabilitation plans, strapping & taping, sports massage, rehabilitation exercises and more. Find a sports injury clinic near you with our directory of sports injury clinics and professionals. Rehabilitation exercises for prevention and treatment of sports injuries. Early stage, mid stage and late stage exercises are demonstrated for different body areas or joints. We interview some of the leading experts in their field about common sports injuries and treatment options available. We explain the various different types of treatment and therapy available to the injured athlete. Learn about anatomy of the human body including a human muscles, ankle, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow joints. Sportsinjuryclinic.net was created to provide free, easy to understand information about common sports injuries. Check out our sports injury blog. See the article here: Virtual Sports Injury Clinic = Sports injuries, treatment ... … Continue reading →

A police officer injured last month in Springfield has been transferred to a hospital in Atlanta. Hospital officials say Officer Aaron Pearson has been moved to Shepherd Center's Brain Injury Rehabilitation for care. MORE:Officer Aaron Pearson's Wife Gives An Update On His Condition Officer Pearson was shot last month while checking on suspicious activity at Glenstone and Chestnut. BACKGROUND:Springfield Police Chief Provides Update On Officer Pearson ATLANTA Feb. 12, 2015 Injured Springfield, Mo., police Officer Aaron Pearson, 30, was transferred today from Mercy Hospital in Springfield to Shepherd Center in Atlanta for brain injury rehabilitation. Officer Pearson sustained a brain injury from a gunshot wound on Jan. 26 when he responded to a suspicious activity call at a Springfield business. Police have arrested and charged the man they believe is responsible for shooting the officer. Officer Pearson was admitted to Shepherd Centers Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit for evaluation, care and observation. He will soon begin a rigorous rehabilitation program under the guidance of a full team of medical and rehabilitation specialists. Shepherd Center specializes in medical treatment, research and rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury or brain injury. Founded in 1975, Shepherd Center is a private, not-for-profit hospital and … Continue reading →

The cover of the February issue of National Geographic shows retired Marine Gunnery Sgt. Aaron Tam holding a mask that exposes a brain. It's a representation of Tam's own brain, a brain subjected to more than 300 blast force explosions, a brain also repeatedly probed by neuroimaging machines to diagnose his injuries. But the high-tech machinery of science can reveal only so much. It was the mask created in a program at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, that exposed the psychological pain caused by blast force-the insidiously invisible and signature injury of the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns. (See more of the masks created by soldiers in the program.) National Geographic spoke with Melissa Walker, an art therapist who works with veterans to help them heal from the traumatic condition, which has left hundreds of thousands of soldiers with seizures, sleep disorders, and memory and cognitive difficulties. We also interviewed James Kelly, NICoE's director, about the program that produces such vibrant-and healing-works of art. When did this program start? Hear from the soldiers behind the masks. Melissa Walker: The program started in 2010. With all the returning injured … Continue reading →

THE family of a brain injury victim have thanked the Daily Record for forcing health chiefs to move their loved one to a specialist hospital. We told how Bill Douglas, 59, was trapped inside his hospital room at Glasgows Victoria Infirmary with a plank of wood jammed against the door handle. After the Record published a disturbing image of the makeshift barricade, Health Minister Shona Robison stepped in and forced local NHS chiefs to apologise. Robison said she was deeply concerned by the way he was treated. The Record covered the Victoria Infirmary barricading Bill in his room earlier this week And now Bill has been transferred to a specialist psychiatric unit by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Bills sister Morag Douglas, 55, thanked us for highlighting the issue. She said: Its shocking it takes this much exposure to make them give Bill proper treatment. All we are interested in is what is right for Bill and what will help him the most. If it wasnt for the Record, I dont know what would have happened. Bill's room was barricaded into by nurses at the Victoria Infirmary Originally posted here: Family of Bill Douglas thank Daily Record for helping brain … Continue reading →

THE family of a brain injury victim have thanked the Daily Record for forcing health chiefs to move their loved one to a specialist hospital. We told how Bill Douglas, 59, was trapped inside his hospital room at Glasgows Victoria Infirmary with a plank of wood jammed against the door handle. After the Record published a disturbing image of the makeshift barricade, Health Minister Shona Robison stepped in and forced local NHS chiefs to apologise. Robison said she was deeply concerned by the way he was treated. The Record covered the Victoria Infirmary barricading Bill in his room earlier this week And now Bill has been transferred to a specialist psychiatric unit by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Bills sister Morag Douglas, 55, thanked us for highlighting the issue. She said: Its shocking it takes this much exposure to make them give Bill proper treatment. All we are interested in is what is right for Bill and what will help him the most. If it wasnt for the Record, I dont know what would have happened. Bill's room was barricaded into by nurses at the Victoria Infirmary View post: Family thank Daily Record for helping brain injury patient who was … Continue reading →

A BRAIN injury victims family are demanding answers after finding him barricaded inside in a hospital ward. Bill Douglas, 59, has been in Glasgows Victoria Infirmary for four months. His sister Morag Douglas, 55, says she was horrified to find a plank of wood jammed against his door and a trolley barring his exit when she called to visit. The family fear Bill has been locked up because of a lack of specialist nurses. Hospital chiefs say the move was to protect him and others because there were issues with violent behaviour. Last night, national brain injury association Headway called for an urgent investigation into the case, saying Bills treatment was shocking, dangerous and highly inappropriate. Morag said when she got past the makeshift barricade on Friday night, she found no staff looking after Bill. Bill before an after his fall There were numerous signs on the wall, saying: Bill, you are in hospital. You had a bad fall and hit your head. Former police mechanic Bill, from Rutherglen, near Glasgow, also had no access to water because he had flooded his room previously while in a confused state. See the original post: Inhumane: Brain injury patient found barricaded inside … Continue reading →