Overview Brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability in children and adults aged 1 to 44 years. Car accidents, sports injuries, or simple falls commonly result in brain injuries. Events that cause brain injuries frequently occur on playgrounds, at work, or at home. There are two different types of brain injuries: traumatic brain injuries and non-traumatic brain injuries. Traumatic brain injury occurs when a force acts rapidly on an individual's head or neck causing direct physical injury to the brain. Non-traumatic brain injury occurs when a person experiences the physiological event that leads to a disturbance in normal brain function, such as loss/increase of oxygen or blood flow. Approximately 52,000 deaths due to traumatic brain injuries occur each year. Both types of classifications occur in a two-step process, primary and secondary damage. The primary injury can be the result of numerous factors such as skull fracture, bruises and bruises, hematomas, lacerations, or nerve damage. Secondary brain damage occurs shortly after the initial primary trauma. Most deaths in emergency rooms occur due to secondary brain damage. Because the brain and brainstem are so easily damaged, much research and technological development has gone into prevention efforts. The first line of defense against TBI is to educate the public about health and safety; this effort, if recognized, can significantly reduce the risk of head trauma. Sports Brain injuries can range from complete rehabilitation, to short- or long-term loss of motor function and even, in extreme but quite common circumstances, death. Because head trauma is so prevalent in professional sports, much research is underway to develop or improve technologies to protect athletes. There is... at the heart of the document... elf monitoring and evaluation. A person may lose the ability to think critically, concentrate on a task at hand for a long period of time, process information quickly, retain recent memories, and, in general, the ability to take care of oneself. .org/tbi-faqs/tbi-statistics/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_brain_injuryhttp://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/tbi/http://www.mayfieldclinic.com /PE-TBI.htmhttp://circ.ahajournals.org/content/117/4/e25.longhttp://emedicine.medscape.com/article/326510-overviewhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov /pubmedhealth/PMH0003684/http://www.strokecenter.org/patients/about-stroke/ischemic-stroke/http://www.strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG/AboutStroke/TypesofStroke/IschemicClots/Ischemic-Strokes-Clots_UCM_310939_Article.jsphttp ://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=type