“New” Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic Brain Injury; Personal Injury; Personal Injury Attorney; Trial Lawyer. Recently we have heard about therapeutic hyperthermia, cooling down the body temperature to about 91 degrees after traumatic brain injury. The purpose of this is to prevent the inevitable subsequent injury. When the brain is healing after an injury, a relatively minor jolt to the head can cause devastating, often-fatal results. In spinal cord injuries, additional inflammation, hemorrhaging or jarring can cause permanent damage and paralysis. The idea is to induce mild hypothermia, lowering the patient’s body temperature to about 91 degrees within 15 minutes of the traumatic spinal injury to prevent further damage. This therapy actually has been around in general since the 1950’s. This is good news for the people who can get this treatment within the 15 minutes of the personal injury.
