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Shaken Baby
Syndrome
NEVER shake and infant or toddler!
Recent Articles on Shaken Baby
Syndrome
Homicide ruled 14 years after
a shaking
Source: Arkansas Democrat Gazette June 2, 2000
NEW YORK -- Soon after Josh Slaughter was
born, police say, he was shaken so violently his brain was injured in a
way that caused the onset of cerebral palsy. Now 14 years later the
medical examiner's office has ruled his death in April a homicide
resulting from the shaking when he was about 3 months old.
The district attorney is reviewing the case and has not decided whether
charges will be brought against Mitzi Slaughter, 38, in her son's death.
She was questioned by police Wednesday.
Slaughter had pleaded guilty in 1988 to second-degree assault for shaking
her son and served a six-month jail sentence and five years' probation.
Josh lived in foster homes until 1997, when he was transferred to a
facility run by United Cerebral Palsy of New York State.
According to the medical examiner, Josh's death April 12 was caused by
bronchial pneumonia and complications arising from a neurological disorder
that resulted from his being shaken as an infant.
Sports
Injuries and Concussions
Each year, more than 750,000 Americans report injuries sustained
during recreational sports, with 82,000 involving brain injuries
Brain injuries cause more deaths than any other sports injury. In
football for instance, brain injury accounts for 65 to 85 percent
of all fatalities.
A
State of Metabolic Crisis - Follow what happens to the
brain when it's subjected to an impact on the side of the head.
(requires the
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plug-in)
Sports
articles on:
Signs of a
concussion
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vacant stare
(befuddled facial expression)
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delayed verbal and
motor responses (slow to answer questions or follow
instructions)
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confusion and
inability to focus attention (easily distracted and unable to
follow through with normal activities)
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disorientation
(walking in the wrong direction, unaware of time, date, and
place)
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slurred or
incoherent speech (making disjointed or incomprehensible
statements)
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gross observable
incoordination (stumbling, inability to walk tandem/straight
line)
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emotions out of
proportion to circumstances (distraught, crying for no reason)
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memory deficits
(exhibited by the athlete repeatedly asking a question that has
already been answered, or inability to memorize and recall 3 of
3 words or 3 of three objects in 5 minutes)
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any period of loss
of consciousness (paralytic coma, unresponsiveness to attempted
arousal)
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