COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — Thousands of Ohioans go to the emergency room each year with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), but leave with little relief. A new bill is working to offer support.
“There are so many aspects of this injury to talk about and that are a big deal,” Founder of the Brain Injury Research foundation Chad Cole said.
Cole is a survivor of a TBI that he got back in 2015 when he was wake-boarding. He said his flare-ups, which caused things like nausea or feeling like his brain was on fire, often went untreated because there were little to no remedies back then – and there still are not.
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“Traumatic brain injuries, they can happen to anyone at any time. I mean, 50% of TBIs are just a result of falls, people falling on the ground, slipping in a bathtub, tripping down the stairs,” Cole said. “There are so many ways that anyone can get one. Car accidents are obviously a way that you can get a severe traumatic brain injury, so, the list is endless.”