Originally posted by TFC
So I was laying down in my room and my five year old brother jump on top of me and I was annoyed at the time and elbowed him in the temple (on accident) and I asked my parents if we should take him the hospital and they said hes fine and they went back to sleep and I just don't want him to die. What should I do? I looked at some head injury sites and they it could take up to 24 hours for someone to die from getting hit in the temple. I know this is a gaming forum and probably close to none of you know nothing about head trauma.
First off, don't let your brother lay down, him laying down and falling asleep could give him a concussion or worse a coma, keep him up and give him Tylenol for the headache I can guarantee he has one, put an ice pack on his head, and ask him every 10 minutes if he's okay, if he says he needs to go, or you feel he needs to go don't hesitate to take him, and if he starts acting weird get him to the ER quickly, head trauma is a serious problem, but all in all I don't think an elbow to the temple would kill him unless you used force. If you used force, and it does injure him in a way like mental retardation, memory loss, chronic migraine, etc.. you may have to face consequences, especially if it kills him (more and likely won't.) Just do what I said and you should be fine, I've been kneed multiple times in the temple during a fight, and I'm fine. :y:
(Trust me, my mom's a nurse

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