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Brain

Paul Rooney Legal The human brain is responsible for bodily functions such as speech, movement, sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. There are an estimated 120,000 people in the UK who live with the long-term effects of a brain injury, greatly affecting their life in a variety of ways. As part of the National Brain Injury Week we have compiled some information about the effects of a brain injury: FRONTAL LOBE PARIETAL LOBE Responsible for reasoning. planning, movement responsible for movement, orientation, recognition and perception of stimuli and emotions OCCIPITAL LOBE Responsible for visual processing TEMPORAL LOBE CEREBELLUM Responsible for perception and recognition of auditory stimuli, memory and speech Latin for 'little brain' responsible for attention, language and regulating fear and pleasure responses EVERY 90 SECS SOMEONE IS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL 90 WITH A BRAIN INJURY accounting for more than O MILION PEOPLE EACH YEAR! 558 OF EVERY 100,000 SUSTAIN A BRAIN INJURY AT SOME POINT UK RESIDENTS TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) accounts for approximately 52.000 DEATHS EACH YEAR Causes: Over half of reported traumatic brain injuries are the result of a motor vehicle accident 51%, with falls 21%, assaults & violence 12%, sports and recreation 10%, and fishing 6% accounting for the rest 85% OF HEAD INJURIES sustained in bicycle accidents could have been avoided if the rider was wearing a HELMET APPROX INDUSTRIES 20% at the highest risk are construction, transportation, agriculture, forestry, emergency medical services and fishing OF ALL BRAIN INJURIES are caused as a direct result of a person's working environment MEN ARE TWICE AS LIKELY to suffer a serious brain injury than WOMEN THE EFFECTS OF A BRAIN INJURY CAN BE BROKEN DOWN INTO 3 AREAS: BEHAVIOURAL COGNITIVE PHYSICAL Memory, awareness, thinking, problem solving From loss of senses to epilepsy Mood swings, lack of empathy, anxiety, anger outbursts and paralysis https://www.braintrauma.org https://www.headway.org.uk https://www.teambraininjury.co.uk RESOURCES AND SOURCES https://www.headinjuryctr-stl.org https://www.nhs.uk https://www.traumaticbraininjury.com

Brain

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The human brain is responsible for bodily functions such as speech, movement, sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. There are an estimated 120,000 people in the UK who live with the long-term effec...

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