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In today’s podcast, Richard L. Duquette discusses the symptoms and tools in Proving Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Part 1. Tune in to help you decide how to proceed with your case!

 

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

 

In a crash, a bicyclist can get different types of injuries from small wounds to traumatic ones. A serious injury, such as a mild traumatic brain injury (MBTI), can increase the value of the settlement by $100,000 or more.

 

MBTIs can affect a person permanently. For this, a 3-part series will be available to tackle the (1) symptoms and tools, (2) lifestyle effects, and (3) evidentiary issues.

 

What are the symptoms of MBTI?

 

Know the symptoms of MBTI. The injured bicyclist can lose consciousness for less than 30 minutes in its mild stage, more than 30 minutes in its moderate stage, and 6 hours or more in its severe stage.

Although a person suffering MBTI can return to his usual activities, the symptoms would still exist to hamper him. As discussed in today’s episode, examples of such symptoms are: slower cognitive processes, confusion, diminished vocabulary, mood swings, and many more.

How does a bicyclist get an MBTI?

 

Head injuries are common in bicycling accidents. They are sometimes caused by multiple impacts after being thrown and when hitting the ground.

 

To help provide the best solution, hence, it is important for the victim to know how he got the injury. Concussions involving temporary loss of consciousness can occur even when wearing a helmet. A broken helmet, bruises, cuts, and other such damages can show how the injury happened.

 

Diagnostic Tools

 

Hospital treatments are primarily focused on treating visible injuries. For this, MBTIs often are not detected in an emergency.

 

Field diagnosis usually depends on what the first responders see. Signs of potential brain traumatic injuries often seem to show up at a later time.

 

To hear about the symptoms and tools in Proving Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Part 1, download and listen to the entire episode.

 

If you are short on time, here are the highlights of Proving Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Part 1:

 

What is MTBI? (2:30)

How do MBTIs occur? (4:09)

Diagnostic tools? (5:15)

Glasgow Coma Scale? (6:20)

Imaging tools? (7:56)

Final thoughts on MTBI? (13:35)

 

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