Blog: Serious Injuries - Page 2

We all must grieve when a loved one dies. Grief affects each of us differently, but experiencing our pain and sense of loss may be the only way to accept the fact that our spouse, child, parent or sibling is gone. In most cases, the death was natural or at least could not have been prevented. But sometimes, another individual, group of people, or business allowed the relative to die. This can happen in a car crash, a medical procedure gone terribly wrong,...

Nursing homes fulfill an important need in today's society and will likely continue to do so as baby boomers age. When a family decides to place a loved one in a nursing home facility, they do so with the expectation that the individual will receive a certain level of care. While older individuals account for a majority of residents at these types of facilities, under certain circumstances younger individuals may be placed there as well. In April 2011 a 40-year-old...

Now that Pennsylvania's weather is warming up, outdoor work will become a common occurrence. Working outdoors can often require the use of power tools and machinery, which in some cases, can become quite dangerous and result in serious injuries. This is true for one Pennsylvania man who was working as a tree trimmer when he was struck in the shoulder by his own chainsaw. The tree trimmer was a 21 year-old man who was working with a company pruning trees on...