Leading causes of traumatic brain injuries among
children and teenagers are:
- Falls
- Motor vehicle accidents
- Struck by injuries
- Assaults
- Other accidents
Measures that can be taken to reduce traumatic injuries
in them are:
- Provide safe environments in home. Most of the falls occur in
home as from stairs, balconies, roof tops etc. Providing proper
railing to these places would reduce risk of accidental falls.
- Slippery floor are notoriously famous for causing falls.
Cleaning floors and keeping in dry can minimize falls.
- Proper care of children should be taken. Try and teach them
about the risks and to avoid them.
- Helmets should be made compulsory for riding a motorcycle or
bicycle. Accidents from those are very likely to cause head
injuries.
- Speed restriction law should be legistlated and speed breakers
should be encouraged in accident prone areas.
- Wearing a seat belt while traveling in a car will reduce the
risk of head being hit on the window or other places so that should
also be encouraged.
- Training children from avoiding injuries from assaults, could
be done.
- Children and people invoving in boxing, fights, wrestling,
being in a construction site, all should wear helmets to avoid head
injuries.
- Proper care and protective gears should be used while playing
any sorts of sports.
- Proper care and wearing protective gears should also be done
while dealing with any activities like household or any
others.
- Schools, parks and public places should be built in such a way
so as to avoid any falls or accidents.