You suffered several injuries during your car accident. Doctors recently diagnosed you with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and your treatment affects your legal case.
Mayo Clinic explains how medical professionals treat TBIs. Learn how to recover from catastrophic injuries and build your case.
Mild injury treatment
If you have a mild brain injury, you may only need over-the-counter pain relievers and bed rest. Your physician may recommend that someone monitor you and schedule follow-up appointments. You may also need to go easy on cognitive and physical activities.
Medication
When an injured brain cannot get enough oxygen, doctors may put the patient in a coma using medication. Brain injuries also put a person at risk of seizing, so medical professionals may prescribe anti-seizure medication. To boost urine output and decrease fluid in tissues, a person may take diuretics.
Emergency care
Patients diagnosed with a severe TBI may require emergency care to keep their brains oxygenated. Moderate and severe TBI treatment addresses blood loss and other injuries. Secondary damage could cause swelling or restrict oxygen from reaching the brain.
Surgery
Health care professionals may perform surgery to protect a TBI victim’s brain tissue. Skull fractures could need repairing, or the patient may have pieces of skull lodged in the brain. Bleeding and blood clots may put pressure on the brain and harm healthy brain tissue, which could require surgery. Surgeons may drain cerebrospinal fluid and open windows in the skull to take pressure off the brain.
Your medical team can help you develop a viable treatment strategy. Their insights also help determine how much to seek in damages from the at-fault party.