The line between a coma patient who is in a persistent vegetative state and one who is in a minimally conscious state is hard to define, and the distinction often stumps a patient’s doctors. In fact, experts estimate that even the best diagnostic tests and imaging...
Year: 2023
What are the big risks of drowsy driving?
When hitting the road, it is important for a driver to be in peak physical and mental condition. This is not only for their own safety, but the safety of everyone around them as well. Unfortunately, people sometimes decide to hit the road without adequate preparation...
The CDC defines 3 types of distracted driving
If you ask people about distractive driving, the first thing most people are going to mention is the role of smartphones. And it’s true that distracted driving has become more of a problem since smartphones were invented. Drivers are often distracted by text messages,...
Can a car accident cause PTSD?
While the physical injuries after an auto accident often take the most attention, it is the mental issues that could develop that tend to leave the longest-lasting effects. You cannot provide surgery or stitches to help fix a mental effect from a crash. Severe trauma...
What is lost earning potential?
When someone suffers a serious injury, they may miss time at work. This is why one of the major challenges that people tend to focus on in the wake of injurious circumstances is seeking compensation for lost wages. If you can’t work for a month, you’re losing out on...
What are the insurance requirements for commercial trucks in Texas?
Truck accidents cause more serious damage and injury than crashes involving smaller vehicles. The size and weight of these large trucks mean they can completely crush other vehicles. Because of the severity of wrecks involving large trucks, you may assume they have...
How can a brain injury impact your daily life?
Any knock to the head can alter your health and life in various ways. Even a relatively mild traumatic brain injury, such as a concussion, can change how you act, feel, think and function in the short term. If you find yourself facing a brain injury after an accident,...
2 times a broken bone will likely require surgery after a crash
Broken bones are at the same time relatively serious injuries and also injuries that people assume will heal in a straightforward manner. Modern medicine has made broken bones more of an inconvenience than a dire medical concern, most of the time. In most cases,...
A look at some irreversible injuries
Serious injuries come in all forms and can happen quickly. Sometimes a significant injury can respond well to treatment, and other times the damage has an irreversible, permanent nature. Despite medical advances, the following injuries, even in young people, rarely...
Traffic fatalities involving pedestrians reach alarming levels
After seeing a 40-year high in 2021, pedestrian deaths rose 5% in the first half of 2022. The latest analysis from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) shows that a dubious decade-long trend shows no signs of slowing down. From January to June last year,...