Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI):

Contact sports – football, rugby, boxing, etc.,

Individual sports -  horse riding, skiing, skate-boarding etc.

Work, Farm, Home, School and Leisure accidents.

Assault - including domestic violence. 

Road incidents - Road deaths have declined recently but there has been an increase in Head Injuries from road trauma affecting car drivers & passengers, pedestrians, motor bike and bicycle riders.

Stroke:

Not only effects people in late middle years but also young people.  Children as young as nine have been reported as having a stroke or cerebral haemorrhage.

Alcohol and Drug Abuse:

Prolonged alcohol abuse and binge drinking, long term use of illicit drugs can cause Alcohol Related Brain Injury: ARBI. 

For any person with a previous injury to the brain, alcohol and drugs can cause worsening of the injury and its effects.

Hypoxia (lack of oxygen):

Near drowning, attempted suicide, drug overdose, electrocution,  severe asthma attack, anesthetic accident, medical incident or severe heart attack.  Brain injury can occur if the brain is starved of oxygen for  3 minutes.

Brain Tumour & Infectious Disease:

Brain function can be affected by diseases such as cancer, meningitis and encephalitis.

Degenerative Neurological conditions:

Brain function can be affected by many degenerative conditions.  Unlike other forms of ABI, these conditions do not stabilize or improve with time.

To contact us:

Phone:  51277166  

1800 452 452 

Fax: 51272880

Postal Address:                 

PO Box 34 

Yarragon  3823

E-mail: hwABI@bigpond.net.au

Brain Injury has many faces….

Will yours be one of them?

  Headway Gippsland Inc.

Caring for people with acquired brain injury and their families.

The Main Causes of ABI

 Acquired Brain Injury is a major cause of disability affecting around 73,000 people in Victoria.  Of these people, some 31,000 will require varying amounts of  personal assistance or supervision for

the rest of their lives.