Head and Brain Injuries

Are you suffering, or have you suffered from, a head or brain injury? Brain injuries can range from a mild concussion or be so severe that they cause death.

After a head or brain injury, it is important to consider all your options, including making a claim for compensation, as financial implications such as time off work, losing your job and paying for recovery treatments for your brain injury can be quite a burden, especially if you are in a weakened and vulnerable state.

Causes of Head and Brain Injury

An injury to your brain or skull could occur in any number of ways, but most often they are caused by road traffic accidents. The impact of hitting or being hit by another car can force your head to move in unnatural ways.

This, coupled with the often violent and abrupt way your head is then stopped by an airbag or other part of the car, can cause tremendous trauma to your head and brain. Even if your head appears unharmed, your brain may have sustained an internal injury.

A road accident can be even worse if you’re a cyclist, as you have less protection from vehicles and the road, leaving you vulnerable to more severe head injuries. It’s essential, as a bike rider, to always wear protective clothing, including a helmet, to try and limit the likelihood of sustaining a head or brain injury.

There are other ways that a head injury could occur, affecting your skull or brain. Broken pavements or paving slabs can cause a fall or trip and can result in impact to the head. Injury can be caused by an assault, or even through medical negligence.

Preventing Head Injuries

To try and counter these potential brain injury risks, it is always important to be careful when out and about, looking around for hazardous pavements and reporting them to the council. It can be difficult, though, to be prepared for the unlikely chance of an assault or medical negligence.

The possibility of head injury is increased if you work in an environment or spend a lot of time in an area where the danger of falling machinery, tripping over, or falling down is high, as this can put you at greater risk of being hit or suffering an accident which results in a head injury.

These environments might include construction sites, garden landscapes or farms, so ensure you’re always wearing the correct safety equipment. If you’ve suffered a brain injury because you weren’t provided with safety equipment or clothing then your employer could be liable for a head injury claim against them.

A brain or skull injury could include, skull fractures, scalp lacerations, hematomas, haemorrhaging (intracranial haemorrhaging), cerebral contusion, concussion, dementia pugilistica (or boxer's syndrome) or shaken baby syndrome.

After a brain or head injury, the side effects can be long-lasting and include memory loss, physical disability, mental disability, fatigue, loss of concentration and brain damage.

Rehabilitation and hospital care are very important for effective recovery, and this is often only possible if you have enough money to pay for care and treatment. This is why making a head injury compensation claim is so important.

Making a Head Injury Claim

If you’ve suffered from a brain, head or skull injury and you believe it to be someone else’s fault, call National Accident Helpline™ today for advice and information on making a claim for compensation. Our local solicitors will be pleased to advise you on the next steps for pursuing a claim, and guide you through the no win no fee process.