Kids cycle helmets 'should be mandatory' to avoid brain injuryRSS Feed

The law should be changed to make it mandatory for children to wear a helmet to avoid brain injury when cycling or skateboarding, according to a leading charity.

Helmets play a key role in avoiding traumatic brain injury, absorbing up to 63 per cent of impacts, according to research cited by the Child Brain Injury Trust.

The charity is highlighting the risk of brain injuries to parents as the summer holidays approach, when accidents such as skull fractures are expected to increase by 30 per cent.

Trust chief executive officer Lisa Turan explained: "Youngsters don't think about the risk of brain injury when they jump on their bikes or head to the skate park.

"But if they saw some of the children we support whose lives have changed in a split second through acquiring a brain injury, they would definitely think again."

Research published in April by the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions indicated that shielding the chest abdomen and back can help to better protect against mild brain injury.

News brought to you by Serious Law specialists in traumatic brain injury

Posted by Matthew Heap

Bristol worker struck by scaffolding pole, suffers brain injury

04 July 2011

A Bristol man has suffered severe brain injury after a scaffolding tube fell on to his head from 15 storeys.Richard Chodkiewicz had been working from Hoistway Ltd on a lift installation when the 7lb tube...

Read More...

Tranexamic acid to prevent brain injury deaths?

01 July 2011

A simple injection of tranexamic acid on people with brain injury could prevent them from dying, new findings indicate.Patients who were treated with tranexamic acid were less likely to have bleeding progression...

Read More...

Religion 'linked to better brain injury recovery'

01 July 2011

Having a strong religious faith could be beneficial to patients recovering from brain injury, research shows.A study conducted at Wayne State University found that, among healthy individuals, religion...

Read More...