BRAIN DAMAGE AND ACCIDENTS: PREVENTION AND REINTEGRATION
The brain damage is defined as a sudden injury in the brain that produces many consequences of a physical, mental and sensory abnormalities develop sensory perception, cognitive impairment, in memory or at the emotional level.
Among the most common causes of brain damage include traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke (CVA) as well as brain tumors and other different.
Strokes are characterized by the sudden death of cells brain as a result of the reduction or interruption of blood supply to the brain. Although often considered an age-related disease, should highlight the fact that one third of strokes or stroke affecting younger than 65 years. The physical changes arise as stroke hemiplegia, speech abnormalities, loss of memory or perception problems. These alterations occur, in turn, significant changes in social behavior of those affected, emotional disorders, anxiety, depressive symptoms, increased dependency or social isolation.
Strokes are characterized by sudden death of brain cells due to the reduction or interruption of blood supply to the brain.
Head injuries are injuries caused by an external force that often result in loss of consciousness. The severity, type and variety of consequences depend on the intensity of the trauma, the duration of loss of consciousness and other factors such as age, speed in the care and rehabilitation. The most frequent alterations affecting the regulation and control of behavior, difficulties in abstraction and problem solving, the learning and memory disorders as well as the field of personality and emotional adjustment. Physical changes include motor impairment (mobility or language) and / or sensory impairments (vision, hearing, touch or taste). According
Reference 2002 (Minimum Data Set Hospital Discharge / Institute for Health Information / Ministry of Health), in Spain there were at least 35,000 hospital admissions for head injuries -TCE-(traffic accidents , business, sports, household falls, assaults, etc.). producing multiple functional alterations to some 4,300 people.
Features that define the profile of the victim English are "young men with little experience working in low-skilled jobs with temporary type jobs."
Many of these accidents that cause brain damage are related to work, either because occur in the workplace, because they are traffic accidents 'commuting' or because they are related to psychosocial factors.
The principal conclusions of the 'Report Durán' on 'Safety at Work and its prevention', 2001, the characteristics that define the profile of the victim English are "young men with little experience working in low-skilled jobs with temporary type jobs .... This suggests a kind of precarious work, in which brain damage is caused mainly by serious accidents, for example, falls from height, cardiovascular disease and traffic accidents. Obviously, the profile outlined above, this type of accidents are concentrated in the most vulnerable groups in the labor market: young and unskilled immigrants, temporary jobs in the productive sectors more precarious.
According to the General Directorate of Traffic, a third of traffic accidents involving a vehicle is transportation goods
addition, according to the General Directorate of Traffic, a third of traffic accidents involving a vehicle is carrying goods, and, according to the 'Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and Health Status' of National Institute of Statistics 1999, more than half of those injured on the roads this year were directed "to its core business"
There is another type of traffic accidents related to work activities, but that does not happen in schools complicate the determination of them as an occupational accident. These are called 'commuting' (moving to or from, the workplace) or an accident 'in missionaries' (professionals steering wheel). 100% recognition of these accidents and accident would result in the coverage of each other on the damage resulting from accident, resulting in the rehabilitation period is essential for the subsequent quality of life of those affected. This gives rise to discrimination between the persons concerned have received compensation and no, your accident is not considered as work.
For heart attacks, stroke, although studies such as the "Occupational health in the 90's. A framework for change ', the World Health Organization (WHO) to demonstrate a direct relationship between work and increased cardiovascular disease, is rarely considered an occupational disease. According to a study by the University of Cambridge, people with higher stress at risk 40% higher for stroke than other people.
On the other hand, there is a serious problem of identification of occupational accidents induced by the conditions of a job whose conditions are the result of some corporate policies they sell the final product. The lack of transparency (black economy, false self, and of course, illegal immigrants) to hide the labor relationship, also hide the actual accident.
Prevention
The double condition of the accident as a phenomenon whose occurrence is unpredictable but at the same time, corporate responsibility, has been solved by the introduction of 'safe'. Thus, the policies of "anticipation of the accident" is, rather, policies of "anticipating the consequences of the accident."
The reduction of accidents will be effective when the accident is integrated into a type of development model in which health care is really a productive resource and not merely a result of the tax cost more or less serious consequences for growth economic.
In Spain, the deregulation of the labor market in years 84 and 94 has contributed to the development of business strategies and sectors that focus their profits, either in the progressive lowering of labor costs or in degrading conditions work.
include the organization of work and occupational risk factor is key to achieving results from prevention, more so with regard to identified risk groups with brain damage.
According to a study by the University of Cambridge, people with higher stress are at 40% higher risk of stroke population than the rest of Vocational Rehabilitation
The labor market is a process whose ultimate goal is for people to develop as such and feel accomplished. The work is an integration tool that will allow the person to join the society in which they live.
In this regard, the difficulties of those affected by Acquired Brain Injury is determined by the plurality of effects that appear after the injury, and this hinders the inclusion of DCA in the existing categories within the disability and leads to find a lack of resources and protocols for the integration of the DCA in the workplace. Insertion socio
must begin with an assessment and study of the different variables: curricular, personal, social, interaction capacity, production capacity and behavior.
To complete this process, the steps should include elements such as collecting all possible information about the activity and an analysis of the tasks concerned with the evaluation of them. This will establish a period of training and business simulations, to finally make a follow-up support for as long as necessary.
Attendance at occupational centers, services, using the work as a means to promote personal and social development is very useful. Can serve as a bridge to other forms of employment or create the final path regarding performance of a social activity.
brain damage claims urgent measures for the development and implementation of preventive measures to curb this escalating epidemic. Conclusions
The labor market is a process whose ultimate goal is for people to develop as such and feel accomplished.
brain damage claims urgent measures, in the development and implementation of preventive measures to curb the escalation of the epidemic known as "silent epidemic", also with regard to the creation of support and infrastructure to successfully tackle its consequences for affected individuals and their families and, finally, to promote initiatives for reintegration into the world working partner.
However, this is not the only front on which to work from the field of prevention: it is necessary to eliminate the lack of knowledge and experience that lie at the root of many accidents, support training and awareness workers, as well as committed support and involvement from the business.
Federation Brain Injury English has over ten years working to reverse this situation, claiming the right geriatric care, enhancing the measures and resources for the social reintegration of those affected and working on prevention and awareness, both in the workplace and in the rest social fields. Minimize the effects of brain damage and facilitate recovery and reintegration of those affected is a task for everyone to improve social welfare. Bibliography
Ombudsman 'brain damage in Spain: an epidemiologic and socio approach. " Madrid: Publications. Reports and Documents, 2006
FEDACE 'Guide families' Madrid: FEDACE, 2006
Institute for the Elderly and Social Services' model of care for people with brain damage. " Madrid. IMSERSO, 2007. Amalia
Diéguez, president of the English Federation of Brain Injury (FEDACE)
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