Originally Posted by
Cyclosaurus
Here comes the CDC
Children 0-4, Teenagers (15-19), and the Elderly (65+) are the most likely to sustain a TBI.
All of those people should wear helmets all the time. Many hit their head even when they aren't on a bike.
I lost an 'online' friend earlier this year. When he was driving and he was hit by another vehicle. He survived the initial crash enough to tell me via Facebook. I told him to get his posterior to the ER ASAP!! He went into neurosurgery almost immediately. The OR nurse told me at one point, that he had the same condition as a result of the accident.
Which I have had all my life. The next message from the OR nurse was that he did not make it out of surgery.
The fact that he was in a car, a helmet may have kept him from getting a TBI. It may have also help keep him alive, at least to a certain extent.