Posts Categorized: Serious Injuries - Page 3

About a month ago, we discussed common warning signs that your loved one living in a nursing home is being abused or neglected by the staff. One of the most common red flags is bedsores, a painful condition also known as pressure sores. As that other name implies, bedsores occur when the patient is left … Read More »

If you have not yet grasped the scope of the effects of brain trauma in this country, consider this: every year, about one in 125 men visit the emergency room for a traumatic brain injury. With a similar ratio of women suffering TBIs annually, that translates to millions of brain injuries in the U.S. every … Read More »

Electricity makes our modern society, with its many conveniences, possible. Without electricity, we would not be able to light our homes, businesses and streets efficiently. Electricity makes it possible to send and receive information around the world, via our computers, phones and mass media such as television and radio. But if not properly contained, electricity … Read More »

Breaking your neck can be very scary. Any spinal fracture can lead to paralysis, but a fracture that high up can cause quadriplegia, or paralysis in all four limbs. If severe enough, the fracture can be fatal. Technically, doctors call a broken neck a “cervical fracture,” because the seven bones in the neck are known … Read More »

Even though it is not caused by a fire, chemical burns can be equally agonizing and damaging. Many everyday products, like drain cleaners, gasoline and paint thinner, can burn you if they get on your skin. If the victim or other people nearby take quick action, the victim stands a better chance of surviving. As … Read More »