To Julie Donovan: Thank you very much for all your work and effort put into my case

Laura

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Suffering a Head injury may seriously shorten your life!

Mon 9th May 2011

Findings from a research study published in the JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY claims that head injury can blight survival up to 13 years after the initial trauma, especially amongst younger adults. The study also revealed that the initial severity of head injury seemed to make little difference over the longer term..

Duke of Cornwall Spinal Injuries Centre

Mon 9th May 2011

I have had the privilege of meeting a number of clients at the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Injuries Centre, http://bit.ly/lSHDRe based at Salisbury District Hospital. Whilst in my profession I fully accept that things can go wrong at any hospital, as a treatment centre, I have nothing but praise for the way that the centre seeks to rehabilitate patients back into their own homes with the maximum level of physical function that they can possibly achieve.

Why are some head injuries missed?

Tue 3rd May 2011

This can happen for a number of reasons. An individual may have been knocked out but no one was there to witness it as it will always take time for the emergency services to arrive on any accident scene. The individual may have sustained other serious possibly life threatening injuries such as a broken pelvis, multiple fractures to a leg or internal injuries then these will be dealt with first and any symptoms or signs of a head injury can be overlooked.