Adolescents at higher risk for brain damage in car Accidents

May 4, 2012 /24-7PressRelease / -dead in the teen drivers have decreased over the past six years, the centres for Disease Control (CDC) car claims accidents remain the leading cause of death among adolescents. More adolescent survivors of accidents, the effects of an accident are more and more obvious. Unfortunately, the recent debate national concussions among teenagers in high school sports has overshadowed the broader question of serious head injuries in accidents among teenagers.

Stats

Due in part to reach-out programs, death of the pilot teen falls 46% between 2005 and 2010 (from 2 399 at 1 305). He was also a 41% drop in the death of passengers during the same period (from 777 to 1 1,022). Unfortunately, young drivers and their passengers (55,000 of them in 2009 and 2010) continue to be seriously injured in a car accident. Thirty percent of these 55 000 adolescents have undergone a form any injury to the head, including concussions, skull fractures and same-traumatic brain injury (TBI).

The reasons

The National Institutes of Health, said children and teenagers are more susceptible to concussions and injuries to the brain due to the ongoing brain development. Young minds is also more likely to suffer from neurological and psychological disorders in the long term that may affect social and cognitive skills, as well as family relationships, for years. As the brain is the most difficult to heal the body, the road to recovery is long and often very expensive.

Teens are very susceptible to injuries in the head leading to traumatic brain injury from a car accident. The results of such an injury to the head can be devastating. If your young child suffered a head injury in an automobile accident, please contact experienced injury lawyer to discuss your situation and your options.

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