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Show 2 THE FORUM 1 n V t J !; ' f 1 i f f X. M 1 f c1 ! ; Li n f ! f i Tf-i- ? fkw ru i BUSINESS & ADVERTISING , SMYTHE EDDY 'a t BECCA RETTENBERGER 'f IS Mti i M! ANGIE MERKLEY n ff u ; 4M i t j .o TAYLOR STEVENS EMMA DELOUGHERY JANE JERMAN JARRELL WHIPPLE MATT BAKER n m 'I jii I'UlU'n ANDREW ALDRIDGE ANNE WILKINS CARLY POTH DENISE HIMES 1 ,i - EBERT MORALES LEAH MILLER MEAGAN RUMPH MEGAN MOLUMBY DYLAN FERGUSON RACHEL ROBERTSON SEAN KENNEDY TIM SU v ? SARAH KHAN r rii i Hf J f, (801)832.2319 forumbusinesiwestminstercollege.edu i i EDITORIAL 4 (801)832.2320 forumeditorwestminstercoilege.edu 4 1 DROP DOWN! BASEMENT OF SHAW: (SHAW L3) M LANCEE WHETMAN J 1843 SOUTH 1300 EAST SLC UTAH $ This issue is dedicated to Luke Hammer, an aviation student from Vermont majoring in flight operations who recently passed away. Our condolences go out to his family and friends. OPINION c ass! m7 Wi t0! I know where this is going, and I dont need a helmet. Uh huh, okay. ...What is it? Bleeding inside your skull. It could be in the brain itself, or somewhere in the layers of protective matter between skull and brain. What causes it? Trauma or bad luck. In the first case, you get hit in the head and rupture a blood vessel. In the latter, a blood vessel just breaks, such as when an aneurysm a ballooned blood vessel - pops. - mm l&ffi IMIS HMH the blood. A variety of drugs can make blood clot easier, thereby stopping unwanted bleeding. These include infusions of clotting factors, molecules your body makes naturally to stop bleeding, as well as man-mad- e drugs that mimic or enhance clotting activity. Surgical techniques can be used too, depending on the location of the bleed. These include drilling a hole in the skull and draining the blood, as well as removing part of the skull to allow the brain to swell without crushing itself. Gross. they do replace your skull after the swelling goes down. Many of the drugs, however, have little or Yeah, although Its bad, isnt it? Quite. As many as 50 of people with traumatic brain bleeds are dead after a month. And even if you live through it, you could end up with serious brain damage, necessitating constant care for the rest of your life. Hang on, its just bleeding. Its not the bleeding thats the problem. Its the bleeding into an enclosed area. Your brain fits pretty snuggly in your skull, so if you start pumping in a lot of other stuff, like blood, then your brain gets shoved up against your very hard skull. This crushes brain tissue, resulting in death or disability. contradictory evidence behind their use. So... Wear your helmet. And your seatbelt. Definitely your seatbelt. Whats your bias? research effects of one the into project particular drug on improving outcomes in brain bleeds (spoiler: it doesnt help). The cause of a lot of those bleeds was car wrecks. And this wasnt old people either. The average I did a two-ye- ar age was 38. Mortality? For those on the medicine, How do you treat it? Stop the bleeding a andor drain 45. Definitely your seatbelt |