| Head injuries can be devastating to victims and their | | | | bone does not move. This type of skull fracture |
| families when they occur. In adults, head injuries are | | | | requires little medical intervention and has a quick |
| one of the more common events that lead to | | | | recovery time. |
| disability or even death. Head injuries vary in severity. | | | | Another types of skull fracture is a depress skulls |
| Along a continuum, they can be quite mild or even | | | | fracture. With this type, the skull appears to be |
| severe. Various fractures to the skull are common | | | | sunken into the head as a result of the injury. In |
| when sustaining a head injury. This would be a break | | | | these situations, there may be a laceration to the |
| somewhere in the bone of the skill. | | | | scalp, but not always. Surgical procedures may be |
| Skull fractures can be classified into four different | | | | required in some of these fractures. Of course, the |
| types. Linear skull fractures are the most common of | | | | treatment would vary depending upon the extent of |
| the four types. They feature a break somewhere in | | | | the depressed skull fracture. |
| the bone. However, with a linear skill fracture, the | | | | |