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What is traumatic brain injury (or TBI)?

The Centers For Disease Control define a traumatic brain injury as an injury caused by a blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Not all blows or jolts to the head result in a TBI. The severity of a TBI may range from “mild,” i.e., a brief change in mental status or consciousness to “severe,” i.e., an extended period of unconsciousness or amnesia after the injury.

How many people sustain a traumatic brain injury each year?

According to CDC reports, 1.4 million people are treated at U.S. hospitals for TBI each year.

• 50,000 die;
• 235,000 are hospitalized; and
• 1.1 million are treated and released from an emergency department.

Among children up to 14 years, TBI results each year in an estimated:

• 2,685 deaths;
• 37,000 hospitalizations; and
• 435,000 emergency department visits annually.

The number of people with TBI who are not seen in an emergency department or who receive no care is unknown.

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At the Law Office of Edward Scher, clients benefit from more than 25 years of legal experience representing clients suffering from life-altering injuries including:

• Traumatic brain injuries
• Broken bones
• Burns
• Disfiguring injuries
• Serious orthopedic injuries

• Spinal cord injuries
• Neck and back injuries
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Wrongful death
• Other life-altering injuries

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