As prevention is the only cure for traumatic brain injury, it is important to protect your head to prevent traumatic brain injury. Fall Protection Young Children - Children under 9 commonly suffer falls at home and at playgrounds causing traumatic brain injury. Some prevention tips: Supervisio...
Backhoe tractors are large and heavy and can inflict serious damage when they are involved in an auto crash, especially when the other vehicle involved is a motorcycle. When a driver is injured from another person's inappropriate operation of a tractor, they may question what legal rights they ha...
Traumatic Brain Injuries can cause headaches usually classified in a catch-all term known as post-traumatic headaches. There are many types of headaches that can occur following a traumatic brain injury including: Cervicogenic Headaches - This type of headache occurs when there has been injury...
Motorcycles do not offer much protection from the surrounding environment on the road and can expose a person to serious injuries in the event of a motorcycle crash. When motorists are not aware of motorcycles on the road, they can create a dangerous situation that may result in a motorcycle cras...
Being involved in a car crash can be traumatizing for many people and can inflict serious injuries that may last a lifetime. When the car crash was caused by the poor conditions of a road, a victim may question their rights and ability to pursue compensation for the damages they suffered. A new n...
A worker injured at the construction site has the right to collect workers' compensation benefits from his employer. In addition, if the injured worker is injured as a result of the negligence of someone other than his employer (a third party) the injured worker can also file a claim against or s...
Construction site injuries allow the injured worker to collect workers' compensation from his or her employer and also the right to file a claim against any third party (anyone other than his employer) that causes the injuries. The employer would provide workers' compensation benefits which repla...
When a construction site worker is injured the worker can collect workers' compensation from his or her employer. This consists of wage replacement while disabled, payment of medical bills, scarring and loss of function benefits. It is important to understand that the injured construction worker ...
Traumatic brain injury survivors must carefully plan their future and make sure the plan takes into consideration financial support. Financial strategies when dealing with settlements - Whether able to work part time or, if totally disabled and cannot work at all, when a traumatic brain injury su...
Traumatic brain injury survivors often inquire about the importance of a support group and should they attend one. Many people feel as though a support group is for people who want to talk about their problems instead of doing something about it. Nothing could be further from the truth, a support...
If you are injured in a work incident in Rhode Island and the insurer or your employer denies your claim on the basis that you have a preexisting condition or injury, you may still be entitled to workers' compensation benefits. If a doctor deems that the incident aggravated a preexisting conditio...
At one time or another, nearly every Rhode Island driver has suddenly realized that he or she needs to make a turn. The sudden deceleration and turn may cause other vehicles around it to have to stop short. Drivers may have done this numerous times without incident; but occasionally, it can lead ...
The United States Department of Labor governs the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA has many regulations and rules to help prevent construction site injuries. This is a daunting task as OSHA is a small agency and with the state partners, has approximately 2,200 inspectors r...
Emergency room visits for children with brain injuries have doubled in the last 10 years. Studies show that an average of nearly 600,000 children are treated for brain injuries in the emergency room and well over 60,000 children with brain injuries are hospitalized. Traumatic brain injury is the ...
Whether here in Rhode Island or anywhere in the world, the worst call any parent can receive is that his or her child is dead. One mother received that call recently when her son, who was only 21 years old, died in a recent car crash. This mother will somehow have to come to terms with the fact t...
Truck accidents due to poor weather conditions can place liability on the truck driver and trucking company for their failure to pay attention to poor weather conditions. Poor weather conditions can make operating a huge tractor trailer truck extremely hazardous. Truck drivers are required by law...
When cargo is improperly loaded on a large tractor trailer there is a significant danger that there will be a truck accident. Statistics of the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that cargo shifting because it is improperly loa...
The term "mild" in a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is misleading. Mild refers to the severity of the initial trauma not the severity of the result of the injury. Survivors of Mild traumatic brain injuries that suffer continuing symptoms that don't resolve - persistent post-concussive syndrom...
One of the major causes of truck accidents is that of truck driver fatigue. As these large tractor trailer trucks share the roadway with much smaller passenger vehicles, everyone on the road is at risk for truck driver fatigue. When a crash occurs between a large tractor trailer truck and a much ...
Anyone in Rhode Island who has been to the U.S District Courthouse or the federal building in the state capital may be familiar with Kennedy Plaza. The intersection between the buildings is characterized as a "hot spot" where the probability of a pedestrian accident is high. The recent death of a...
A lot of media attention has been paid to the dangers of texting while driving. If a driver takes his or her eyes off the road long enough to send a text, he or she could cause a car crash. Rhode Island is among several states that prohibits texting and driving, but enforcing the law turns out to...
When a traumatic brain injury occurs often times there is a delay in the diagnosis. Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can occur without a loss of consciousness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a mild traumatic brain injury can occur with a bump, or jolt to the he...
Back in 2007, a Rhode Island woman got a flat tire on Route 1. She got out of her vehicle and stood well off the travel lane to call her mother for assistance. The car crash that would take place after that call has left her with permanent injuries. Despite that, the now 24-year-old woman is reac...
The Jones Act is a federal law that gives seamen who are injured in the course of their employment the right to sue their employer for negligence and collect damages. Under the Jones Act, a maritime employer must provide the seamen with a reasonably safe place to work, and use ordinary care to ma...
The following imaging techniques can help detect traumatic brain injury: CT Scan - Computed Tomography is a diagnostic imaging procedure that uses a combination of x-rays and computer technology to produce slices of the brain. In CT scans the x-ray beam moves in a circle around the head. This ...
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