Is a birth injury birth trauma a TBI?
Contrary to popular opinion, the term ‘traumatic brain injury’ (TBI) – which changes how somebody acts, moves, thinks and learns – is not actually used to describe babies born with a brain injury or for brain birth injuries that occur during delivery. The Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) states that “the term does not apply to brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative or to brain injuries induced by brain trauma.” Brain trauma can take place because of a birth injury. If brain damage has been caused by medical negligence and a birth injury, parents who believe the hospital is at fault generally want to know whether the accident could have been prevented. If it was caused by an injury during the perinatal period (around the time of birth) and could have been avoided, a valid compensation claim could arise. What causes birth injury brain trauma? Birth injury brain trauma damage can be caused by hypoxia and ischemia – decreased oxygen and blood flow to a baby’s brain. There have
