Tbilaw.com has been at the cornerstone of the web advocacy of the Brain Injury Law Group since it went online in 1996.For a full treatment of the topic of brain injury, and recovering adequate compensation for those who have survived such injury, please visit our other pages.
Waiting.com, a page designed to assist those with issues regarding coma, especially in the acute phase when the doctors are saying "I just don't know."
Vestibulardisorder.com addresses vertigo and dizziness resulting from trauma as well as information and resources for vestibular disorders.
Subtlebraininjury.com focuses on all aspects of concussion and non-coma injuries.

We would suggest bringing a notebook to the hospital. Write down questions during family meetings or as you think of them. Take the notebook to meetings with the doctors and staff, and write down the answers that are given to you. Not only will this help you to remember during this very stressful and confusing time, it will save you having to repeat the information again and again to concerned family members and friends. The notebook will also make it possible for another family member to spread the information to concerned callers.

There will likely be an entire team of doctors and medical professionals who are involved in the care of the brain injured individual, and you may wish to acquaint yourself with their functions so that your questions can be addressed to the appropriate team member. Some hospitals will assemble the team members at update conferences where you will be able to ask questions about many aspects of the patient's care. This makes it very important for you to have assembled your questions in order to use these meetings to gather as much information as possible.

It is very important to remember that it is often impossible to answer questions about prognosis in the brain injury case. Although it is very frightening and frustrating to be told to "wait and see", this is often the most accurate answer to your concerns.

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"No head injury is too severe to despair of, nor too trivial to ignore."- Hippocrates

 

Understanding Subtle Brain Injury

The concussions that disable, are almost always more symptomatic at 24 hours, than at the 2-4 hour time frame when injured persons are evaluated in the emergency room. Brain injury symptoms escalate over the first 24 hours, because brain injury involves a cascade of events. It is critical that if you are still symptomatic the day after your injury, go back to the same Emergency Room, don’t wait for a doctors appointment. It is critical that the Emergency Room personnel see that the symptoms still persist or have gotten worse.

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The Brain Injury Law Group is involved with a network of plaintiff's trial lawyers across the United States united by a common interest in serving the rights of persons with traumatic brain injuries and a common commitment to fully understanding the anatomic, medical and psychological aspects of TBI, so we may be of better service to the survivors of brain injury. This network of lawyers are not part of a national law firm. We have separate law practices and are licensed to practice only in our home states.

The Brain Injury Law Group is here to listen and for that reason we maintain an 800 number and a staff willing to discuss your case and legal information where appropriate. There is no charge to call. We only represent people on a contingent fee basis and charge a fee only when we recover for the client. For more on Attorney Gordon Johnson, click here.