Fighting the Epidemics of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Every year, 1.5 million Americans incur head injury; the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have further increased this number. Head injury affects people of all ages and is the leading cause of death, long-term disability, and economic cost to society. While there are many aspects to head injury, the most urgent problem that must be detected and treated promptly within the first “Golden Hour” is brain bleeding, or an intracranial hematoma. Forty percent of head trauma victims on the battlefield develop brain bleedings.