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The U.S. National Institute of Health has created a new type of imaging detection device that rapidly finds brain injury, and, it amazingly fits in the palm of the hand. This handheld innovation detects conditions like haematoma, which occurs when blood vessels in the brain leak blood into surrounding tissue and cause very dangerous swelling of the brain.

The Optical Society published the team's results in an open-access journal. The team concluded that the handheld device would be a faster and less expensive way to predetermine whether or not haematoma is occurring in traumatic brain injuries. Presently medical personnel use CT scans and MRI testing to look for signs of TBI including swelling, bleeding in the brain and leakage into the surrounding tissue.

Sustaining a spinal cord injury is a traumatic and life-changing event that often results in permanent paralysis. These types of injuries occur in a number of fashions including auto accidents.

The primary issue associated with paralysis is a lack of voluntary control of the body's muscles, a common consequence of which is the inability to walk. In addition to lack of muscle control, a variety of secondary issues related to SCIs can profoundly affect a paralysis victim's health and lifestyle. The parts of the body that are affected by these secondary issues, and to what degree, are dictated by the location of the SCI.

Individuals sustain a wide range of injuries when they are in an auto accident. However, sometimes the worst injuries are those that can't be seen.

Many accident victims suffer severe head injuries, even if they haven't hit their head on anything inside the vehicle. Many victims experience what's known as "deceleration injuries" or injuries that occur when a change in momentum causes the brain to move around inside the skull.

For example, when a vehicle traveling at 30 mph is hit head-on by another vehicle, both vehicles stop immediately. However, simple physics dictate that the drivers and passengers will not. As a result, they fly forward and rebound backward causing their soft brain tissue to slam against the hard bones of their skull.

An Iraq War veteran who lost both legs and a hip to a roadside bomb south of Baghdad was killed when he fell from the Ride of Steel roller coaster at the Darien Lake Theme Park Resort recently. According to reports from BuffaloNews.com and NBC affiliate WGRZ News 2, Sergeant James Hackemer was thrown from the ride near its highest point, 208 feet in the air.

The New York State Department of Labor recently indicated that safety and operational requirements were not followed by the ride operators. The rules were posted and visible at the entrance to the Ride of Steel. These rules require that riders have both legs, because the safety devices restrain the legs, shins, and lap to hold the rider safely in the ride's car. Reports indicate that Sergeant Hackemer was not wearing his prosthetics when he was helped onto the ride.