Traumatic brain injury
An ABI means the has been damaged as a result of an accident, or .
There are two main types of ABI: traumatic brain injury and .
Trauma means a knock to the body that causes someone to , or .
means a knock or blow that causes the brain to get bruised, cut, bleed or spin around inside the .
Sometimes the skull might break too which is called a and there are many different types of skull fracture.
Here is how you may get a traumatic brain injury and skull fracture:
- Being knocked down by a car and banging your head
- Falling off your bike or horse and banging your head
- Being hit on your head by a hockey stick
- Falling down the stairs or tripping over banging your head
- Gunshot wound.
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