When you leave a loved one in the care of a nursing home, you are entrusting their care to the medical team that works there. You want to know that your loved one is getting appropriate care at all times.
Sadly, the person you care about may not be getting the care that they need, depending on the facility. To make sure you can get them medical care and remove them from a dangerous environment, you should learn about the warning signs of poor care. Here are three to remember.
It's unusual to hear about kids getting into serious fights, but when they do, those incidents can lead to significant harm coming to at least one of the children. That's why this story is so sad.
A 14-year-old child is facing charges for hitting another child, 13, with a knife. Fortunately, the 13-year-old child is said to have suffered minor injuries during the knife fight that took place at Gurnee Mills mall.
Crashes are something that you're bound to see at least at some time in your life. If you take the highway, you could see them frequently when vehicles are hit or drivers make errors that lead to traffic jams and trouble getting through an area.
No one ever expects to be involved in a collision, but when they are, they could be badly hurt. It's important that they and their families know that they can seek compensation if they are hurt as a result of others' behaviors on the road.
It's not easy to live with any kind of injury, whether you suffer from one on the job or you're hurt in a serious car crash. Injuries can happen to anyone almost anywhere, so you're not alone in dealing with this change in your life.
As someone who is dealing with the frustration of a major injury, it's important to learn how to cope. Some common methods for handling new injuries and disabilities include:
You didn't expect today to be any different from any other day at work. You started on time, were wearing all the right protective equipment and were having a pretty normal day.
What you didn't expect was that a part of the machinery you were using would break. You didn't know that you'd end up calling an ambulance while nursing serious injuries.
You've been driving for years, so you know that it's important to stay focused. You've had your share of close calls, and you understand why some younger drivers might not focus as much as they should. On top of that, society is so much more connected today than it was in the past that it just makes sense that people want to continue to use their devices while driving.
Unfortunately, distractions do cause accidents, severe injuries and death. Although people generally don't intend to cause collisions, the reality is that choosing to do anything other than focusing on the road is a recipe for a collision.
There are crashes all the time in Illinois, but only some of them lead to serious consequences. The people who are victims in these collisions may suffer from life-altering injuries or lose a loved one as a result of the impact.
It's important for drivers to pay attention to the road and to make good decisions. If traffic is slowing down, they should, too. If it's too difficult to see, they shouldn't try to pass others. When passing, they should always make sure there is time to do so safely.
Traffic accidents claim lives and leave victims maimed. Some people get lucky and walk away without injuries, but for many, car crashes mark the moment when their lives change forever.
Sometimes, poor decisions lead to the deaths of others. Take, for example, this report about a crash that took place in McHenry County. One person was killed, and another has been charged with a DUI in connection to the collision.
Having a strong work ethic can help set you apart from your coworkers when your boss wants to hand out raises or promotions. Unfortunately, your work ethic can also put you at risk for unnecessary injury. If you get hurt while working, your first instinct might be to just shrug it off and keep going. Whether you start feeling a pain in your knee every time you bend or a twinge in your back as you lift materials, an injury that flares while working may seem like something to simply ignore until it goes away.
However, if a single dose of over-the-counter analgesic medicine and a night of rest do not resolve your symptoms, you may actually have a serious work injury that requires medical care and rest. The potential for a long-term, disabling injury to go untreated is exactly why workers who experience an injury on the job should report it to their employer as soon as possible.
You were heading home from a local musical, and you were having a wonderful night. You and your partner were really pleased with how the evening had gone, and you were heading back home to have a drink and watch a movie.
Then, just as you made your plans, a light appeared unusually to the right of your vehicle. It wasn't a second later that a vehicle collided with your passenger side as its driver quickly backed out of their driveway.
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