{"id":1284,"date":"2016-10-18T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2016-10-12T12:53:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T17:53:22","slug":"brain-injury-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/brain-injury-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain Injury Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brain Injury Prevention via The Brain Injury Association<\/strong><br \/>\nInjury to the brain can happen in a split second, with symptoms lasting anywhere from a few minutes to a lifetime. Most brain injuries can be prevented by practicing some common prevention and safety techniques.<br \/>\nThe Brain Injury Association of America offers the following tips:<br \/>\n\u2022 Always wear a bike helmet. Be a good example to your children. Biking incidents most often occur within five blocks of home.<br \/>\n\u2022 Brain injuries occur during a fall when the head hits the ground. All skaters, skateboarders, scooter riders, horseback riders, and other extreme sports athletes should wear appropriate helmets.<br \/>\n\u2022 Brain injury is the leading cause of death among children hit by cars. Always stop at the curb; wait for the bus at a safe place off of the road; walk facing traffic when there is no sidewalk; wear reflective clothing at night.<br \/>\n\u2022 Falls are the number one cause of brain injuries in all age groups. Check playground surfaces- look for loose surfaces including mulch, pea gravel, crushed stone; keep bathroom and kitchen floors dry; secure ladders before climbing; keep stairway well lit; secure throw rugs; remove or secure extension cords that cross walkways in the home.<br \/>\n\u2022 Concussions are the most common consequence of brain injury in contact sports. Make sure coaches know correct procedures for grading a possible concussion and have guidelines for removing a child from play.<br \/>\n\u2022 Children and adults are less likely to die or be severely injured in a crash when wearing a seatbelt. Children learn from parents, so always buckle up. Virginia has laws regarding safety belt use.<br \/>\n\u2022 Know the right car safety seat to use for your growing child. Expand \/ Collapse<br \/>\n\u2022 Keep firearms locked up and store bullets separately.<br \/>\n\u2022 Know the signs of intimate partner abuse. National Domestic Violence Hotline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brain Injury Prevention via The Brain Injury Association Injury to the brain can happen in a split second, with symptoms lasting anywhere from a few minutes to a lifetime. Most brain injuries can be prevented by practicing some common prevention and safety techniques. The Brain Injury Association of America offers the following tips: \u2022 Always [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1286,"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions\/1286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}