Saget’s injury, with the exception he may have fell on a hard bathroom floor. This does not appear to be a known factor in Mr. Environmental factors related to the floor are important, such as slipperiness, hardness, slope and obstacles. Alcohol not only contributes to imbalance, but intoxication impairs self-protective reflexes, like use of the arms to control a fall, and thus increases the likelihood of injury. Alcohol use was a risk for ground-level head injury, but did not affect the severity of injury. In head-injury literature, age was not an independent risk factor for head injury after ground-level fall, however those over the age of 69 typically had greater risk of severe injury. Of all body regions injured in a fall, the head is most likely to be associated with mortality. Ground-level falls, meaning falling simply from a standing position, is the most common cause of injury in older adults. There may be a bit of misunderstanding of typical ground level falls regarding the severity of the trauma.īy definition, a person over the age of 60 is considered an “older person”. Saget’s described injuries are less representative of an inconsequential fall, and more typical of falling from elevated height or trauma from assault. The intracranial hemorrhage appears to have been a traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and subdural hematoma(s). He had discoloration around his eyes, termed “racoon eyes”. He may have suffered bruising under his ears, called “Battle’s sign”. He had a bruise on the back of his head, which is medically termed a subgaleal hematoma. There may have been fractures around his orbits and posterior skull. While official medical examiner records may be sealed, an autopsy report suggested several skull fractures and bleeding “across both sides of his brain”. Some have indicated he thought nothing of it, went to sleep, but never woke up. On January 09, 2022, he apparently hit the back of his head on something and fell asleep. There has been increased discussion in the media of head trauma, following the unexpected death of actor and comedian, Bob Saget.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |