TBI

Richard Hammond ("The Hampster") is a presenter on a really popular show about cars here in the UK, called Top Gear. Unfortunately, as they're reporting on the news today, he was involved in a bad accident yesterday while taping an episode for the show, and is currently in hospital with serious brain injuries. He was in a jet-powered car somewhere near York, trying to break the British land speed record of 300.3 mph, when the car veered off track, and rolled over several times. While he was wearing a helmet, the car had no roof. And if you think about the fact that you have a small concussion every time you merely head a football (soccer ball)...it makes me shudder thinking about his brain slamming around inside his skull in an accident like this. It's no wonder you see such a wide variety of psychological changes in patients with traumatic brain injury...