Two brothers, aged 3 and 9, were seriously injured in a car accident that happened on Friday 6/9/24 in the Galilee region, when the two, who were traveling in a motorized vehicle used as a children's game, collided head-on with the vehicle while they were, apparently, traveling on a road or area near their place of residence . Due to the force of the blow, the children were seriously injured in the head.
The brothers were evacuated from the scene of the accident to the Rambam Medical Center, and were treated in a shock room. After the imaging tests and stabilizing operations were completed, the two were transferred to pediatric intensive care at the medical center, suffering from various bruises and, as mentioned, severe head injuries. stable.
"For months, we have been following data on a trend increase in the number of casualties arriving at the Children's Medical Center at Rambam as a result of injuries related to driving motorized vehicles in children and teenagers," notes Dr. Nitai Levy, a senior physician at the Children's Medical Center at Rambam, who Treated one of the brothers, "This is a phenomenon that is expanding, and we are seeing the unfortunate results. Some come with minor injuries, some with more severe ones. The last case of the two brothers is particularly difficult. These are two small children that we are monitoring their situation with concern. Motorized vehicles are a popular, but dangerous pastime. All necessary precautions must be taken, first of all, adjusting the vehicle to the appropriate age, parental supervision, clarifying rules of conduct on the roads and wearing a helmet without exception."
According to Dr. Lehia Mansano, director of the Rambam Children's Rehabilitation Day Outpatient Unit, motorized vehicles are a danger in disguise, when their use can have far-reaching consequences: "Many children make inappropriate use of motorized vehicles, which require familiarity with traffic laws, wearing Helmet and other precautions. In case of an accident, the meaning of a concussion is actually the shaking of the delicate brain tissue inside the skull box. The shaking can lead to extensive damage to all parts of the brain, to brain hemorrhages and disconnection between the brain cells that have formed connections with each other, during the learning process.
This disconnection is also known as a diffuse axonal injury, meaning damage to nerve cell extensions in all parts of the brain," she explains and points out, "Since it is difficult to predict where the disconnections happened, after accidents of this type you can see a very wide spectrum of symptoms: from attention disorders, difficulty with posture, impaired abilities thinking and language until a decrease in the state of consciousness. In the case of head injuries, even those defined as lighter, an examination by a rehabilitation doctor is necessary in order to assess the extent of the damage and its effect on daily functioning. Depending on the scope and severity of the injury, a decision will be made on the need for rehabilitation treatment which can be in one or multi-professional field."
